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Rough Justice: '84 cover artvsThe Long Dark cover art

Rough Justice: '84vsThe Long Dark

Rough Justice: '84 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Long Dark leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Rough Justice: '84The Long Dark

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

The Long Dark leans harder on execution: Rifle aim and wolf struggles need minimal twitch

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Rough Justice: '84

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The Long Dark