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Alice: Madness Returns cover artvsBatman: Arkham Knight cover art

Alice: Madness ReturnsvsBatman: Arkham Knight

Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Batman: Arkham Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Alice: Madness ReturnsBatman: Arkham Knight

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Batman: Arkham Knight leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Alice: Madness Returns

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Batman: Arkham Knight