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Missing Hiker cover artvsSOMA cover art

Missing HikervsSOMA

Missing Hiker leans Variance (Light / Casual); SOMA leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

SOMA leans harder on execution: Light stealth, gentle inputs.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Missing Hiker leans harder on variance: Hidden horror events while searching the woods

Optimization3 vs 3

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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