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Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark

A precision stealth-puzzle platformer about a disposable clone speedrunning deadly test chambers.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /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

    Frame-tight platforming against clocks and lasers

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Robotic hazards are pure fixed patterns

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    1/10

    Levels are fully deterministic once seen

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Optimal speedrun routes through each chamber are solvable

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.

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Game details

Released
2013
Platforms
PS3, Vita
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
80/100
IGDB users
72/100
AdventureAction