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Surgeon Simulator 2013 cover artvsThe Need for Speed cover art

Surgeon Simulator 2013vsThe Need for Speed

Surgeon Simulator 2013 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Need for Speed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Surgeon Simulator 2013The Need for Speed

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Need for Speed leans harder on reads: AI rivals and police follow fixed behaviour

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Surgeon Simulator 2013 leans harder on optimization: Each surgery has a known fastest dissection route

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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Surgeon Simulator 2013

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The Need for Speed