Unto the End cover art

Unto the End

Unforgiving sword timing against fixed encounters learned by failure.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /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

    Deliberate read-and-parry swordplay punishes sloppy timing

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    1/10

    Foes telegraph from fixed behaviour sets, not adapting minds

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    1/10

    Encounters play out identically once learned

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    5/10

    Learning each encounter's solution defines progress

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.

Compare with

Similar games

see all →

Ranked by shared genre first, then by how closely the cheat-test profile matches - a cross-genre tag means a pick matched on skill profile alone.

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight cover art

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Practiced Mastery · action platformer metroidvania

E
R
V
O
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Strider (2014) cover art

Strider (2014)

Practiced Mastery · action platformer metroidvania

E
R
V
O
Strider (2014)
Hollow Knight cover art

Hollow Knight

Practiced Mastery · precision metroidvania

E
R
V
O
Hollow Knight
Super Mario 64 cover art

Super Mario 64

Practiced Mastery · 3D platformer

E
R
V
O
Super Mario 64
Ori and the Blind Forest cover art

Ori and the Blind Forest

Pure Mechanics · precision metroidvania

E
R
V
O
Ori and the Blind Forest
God of War II cover art

God of War II

Practiced Mastery · hack-and-slash action

E
R
V
O
God of War II

Game details

Released
2020
Developer
2 Ton Studios
Platforms
Stadia, PS4, PC, Mac, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
75/100
IGDB users
70/100
PlatformStrategyAdventureIndieAction