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Silent Hill 2 leans Execution (Light / Casual); Visage leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Silent Hill 2 leans harder on execution: clunky combat with modest execution demand

Reads1 vs 0

Silent Hill 2 leans harder on reads: enemies scripted, not truly adaptive

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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