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Silent Hill 4: The Room cover artvsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth cover art

Silent Hill 4: The RoomvsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth

Silent Hill 4: The Room leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Silent Hill 4: The RoomSouth Park: The Stick of Truth

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Silent Hill 4: The Room leans harder on variance: Hauntings and layouts surprise only first time through

Optimization7 vs 6

Silent Hill 4: The Room leans harder on optimization: Escort routing and candle management are solvable

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 4: The Room

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South Park: The Stick of Truth