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Remothered: Tormented Fathers cover artvsSilent Hill 2 (2001) cover art

Remothered: Tormented FathersvsSilent Hill 2 (2001)

Remothered: Tormented Fathers leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Remothered: Tormented FathersSilent Hill 2 (2001)

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Remothered: Tormented Fathers leans harder on variance: Stalker positioning is unpredictable until learned

Optimization5 vs 6

Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans harder on optimization: Puzzle solutions, route knowledge and weapon use are fully 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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