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Silent Hill 2 (2001) cover artvsSuper Exploding Zoo cover art

Silent Hill 2 (2001)vsSuper Exploding Zoo

Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Super Exploding Zoo leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Silent Hill 2 (2001)Super Exploding Zoo

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Super Exploding Zoo leans harder on execution: Herding animals under pressure needs some real-time control

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans harder on variance: Some item placements are unknown first time; fixed thereafter

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Silent Hill 2 (2001)

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Super Exploding Zoo