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Sundered: Eldritch Edition cover artvsThe Evil Within 2 cover art

Sundered: Eldritch EditionvsThe Evil Within 2

Sundered: Eldritch Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Sundered: Eldritch EditionThe Evil Within 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Sundered: Eldritch Edition leans harder on execution: precise platforming and combat dodges

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

The Evil Within 2 leans harder on optimization: Upgrade system, open-area routing and crafting are fully optimisable

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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Sundered: Eldritch Edition

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The Evil Within 2