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SteamWorld HeistvsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials

SteamWorld Heist leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
SteamWorld HeistTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans harder on execution: Stealth movement on PSP sticks needs careful handling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

SteamWorld Heist leans harder on variance: Procedural ship layouts and loot drops

Optimization7 vs 7

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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