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A Hat in TimevsSpider-Man 3

A Hat in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
A Hat in TimeSpider-Man 3

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

A Hat in Time leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Spider-Man 3 leans harder on optimization: Upgrade paths and mission objectives are shallowly solvable

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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