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Batman: Arkham City cover artvsSenran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson cover art

Batman: Arkham CityvsSenran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson

Batman: Arkham City leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Batman: Arkham CitySenran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson leans harder on execution: Combo timing and dodge windows in action combat.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson leans harder on variance: Some randomized loot and encounter elements.

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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Batman: Arkham City

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Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson