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The Neverhood cover artvsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 cover art

The NeverhoodvsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

The Neverhood leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
The NeverhoodTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 leans harder on variance: Object locations are unknown until found

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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