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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Visage leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans harder on variance: Hidden branching consequences until the routes are mapped.

Optimization4 vs 3

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans harder on optimization: Once branches are known, keeping everyone alive is solvable.

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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