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South Park: The Stick of Truth cover artvsStill Wakes the Deep cover art

South Park: The Stick of TruthvsStill Wakes the Deep

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Still Wakes the Deep leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
South Park: The Stick of TruthStill Wakes the Deep

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.

Variance2 vs 3

Still Wakes the Deep leans harder on variance: Creature patrol windows and some object locations are unknown first run

Optimization6 vs 5

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans harder on optimization: Build, gear and ability choices comfortably solve every fight

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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South Park: The Stick of Truth

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Still Wakes the Deep