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Akai Katana cover artvsHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number cover art

Akai KatanavsHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Akai Katana leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Akai KatanaHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Akai Katana

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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number