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1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen cover artvsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance cover art

1943 Kai: Midway KaisenvsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance

1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
1943 Kai: Midway KaisenMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen leans harder on variance: Power-up rolls add slight run-to-run difference

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance