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Neighbours from Hell cover artvsStormworks: Build and Rescue cover art

Neighbours from HellvsStormworks: Build and Rescue

Neighbours from Hell leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stormworks: Build and Rescue leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Neighbours from HellStormworks: Build and Rescue

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Stormworks: Build and Rescue leans harder on variance: Storm conditions and mission spawns vary each rescue

Optimization7 vs 8

Stormworks: Build and Rescue leans harder on optimization: Engineering capable vehicles in the editor IS the game

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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