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Super House of Dead Ninjas

A speed-descent platformer testing relentless execution through randomised floors.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /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

    8/10

    Nonstop descent under a timer demands relentless precise inputs

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Monsters are arcade patterns, never adaptive

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    4/10

    Randomly generated tower floors keep runs unpredictable

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    3/10

    Weapon loadout choices lightly shape each descent

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
Developer
Megadev
Platforms
PC
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
80/100
IGDB users
77/100
PlatformIndieAction