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Styx: Master of Shadows cover artvsTerraTech cover art

Styx: Master of ShadowsvsTerraTech

Styx: Master of Shadows leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); TerraTech leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

TerraTech leans harder on variance: Procedural terrain and block drops add mild randomness.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Styx: Master of Shadows

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