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Alice: Madness Returns cover artvsTomb Raider (2013) cover art

Alice: Madness ReturnsvsTomb Raider (2013)

Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Alice: Madness ReturnsTomb Raider (2013)

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Tomb Raider (2013) leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy waves, no adaptation.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Alice: Madness Returns leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and enemy counters are quickly mapped

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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