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Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins cover artvsThe Evil Within cover art

Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth AssassinsvsThe Evil Within

Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth AssassinsThe Evil Within

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

The Evil Within leans harder on execution: Precise shooting and crafting under scarce resources demand execution

Reads0 vs 1

The Evil Within leans harder on reads: Haunted follow fixed behaviours; Ruvik is a scripted trigger

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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