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Retrowave cover artvsSenua's Saga: Hellblade II cover art

RetrowavevsSenua's Saga: Hellblade II

Retrowave leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Senua's Saga: Hellblade II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
RetrowaveSenua's Saga: Hellblade II

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Retrowave leans harder on variance: Traffic patterns vary run to run

Optimization2 vs 3

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II leans harder on optimization: Linear progression, few systems.

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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