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BallancevsGod of War II
Ballance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BallanceGod of War II
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
God of War II leans harder on variance: Deterministic encounter design
Optimization5 vs 6
God of War II leans harder on optimization: Magic priorities, upgrades, and boss patterns are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.