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Remnant: From the Ashes cover artvsThe Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ cover art

Remnant: From the AshesvsThe Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

Remnant: From the Ashes leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Remnant: From the Ashes leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted movesets despite feeling adversarial.

Variance5 vs 7

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ leans harder on variance: Item pools, room layouts and pickups define each run

Optimization6 vs 7

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ leans harder on optimization: Encyclopedic item synergy knowledge converts variance into wins

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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Remnant: From the Ashes

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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+