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Alan Wake 2vsBioShock Infinite

Alan Wake 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); BioShock Infinite leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Alan Wake 2BioShock Infinite

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

BioShock Infinite leans harder on execution: Skyline traversal and aiming reward inputs.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Alan Wake 2 leans harder on variance: Resource drops and mind-place clues vary.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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