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Salt and Sacrifice cover artvsThe Evil Within 2 cover art

Salt and SacrificevsThe Evil Within 2

Salt and Sacrifice leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Salt and SacrificeThe Evil Within 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Salt and Sacrifice leans harder on reads: Scripted hunts, light PvP option

Variance3 vs 3

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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Salt and Sacrifice

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The Evil Within 2