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Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition cover artvsCastlevania: Lords of Shadow cover art

Batman: Arkham City - Armored EditionvsCastlevania: Lords of Shadow

Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Batman: Arkham City - Armored EditionCastlevania: Lords of Shadow

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow