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Alice: Madness Returns cover artvsEpic Mickey 2: The Power of Two cover art

Alice: Madness ReturnsvsEpic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Alice: Madness Returns leans harder on execution: Float-platforming and weapon-switch combat ask moderate precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two leans harder on variance: Mild uncertainty in quest branches

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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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two