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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP cover artvsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 cover art

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EPvsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EPTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans harder on execution: Simple timed parries are the only dexterity ask

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

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True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1