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South Park: The Stick of Truth cover artvsThe Fall Part 2: Unbound cover art

South Park: The Stick of TruthvsThe Fall Part 2: Unbound

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Fall Part 2: Unbound leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
South Park: The Stick of TruthThe Fall Part 2: Unbound

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans harder on execution: Timed attack and block prompts add light input demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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South Park: The Stick of Truth

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The Fall Part 2: Unbound