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Sine Mora EX

A time-manipulation shmup where bullet-weaving and managing the countdown timer are the twin execution demands.

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Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    7/10

    Time-dilation shooting and evading patterns demand responsive aim

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    No adaptive opponent; all patterns are scripted

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    3/10

    Time penalties and power-up drops introduce run variability

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    5/10

    Optimal weapon usage and time extension routing are learnable

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

Game details

Released
2017
Developer
Grasshopper Manufacture
Platforms
PS4, PC, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB critics
77/100
IGDB users
69/100
ShooterArcadeActionScience fiction