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Murder House cover artvsSilent Hill: Homecoming cover art

Murder HousevsSilent Hill: Homecoming

Murder House leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Silent Hill: Homecoming leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Murder HouseSilent Hill: Homecoming

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Murder House leans harder on variance: His appearances feel unknown until the triggers are mapped

Optimization5 vs 6

Silent Hill: Homecoming leans harder on optimization: Enemy patterns and routes are learnable

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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