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Alice: Madness Returns cover artvsSpider-Man 2 cover art

Alice: Madness ReturnsvsSpider-Man 2

Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution5 vs 6

Spider-Man 2 leans harder on execution: web-swinging and combat timing precision

Reads0 vs 1

Spider-Man 2 leans harder on reads: scripted villains, no adaptation

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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