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Batman: Arkham City cover artvsStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith cover art

Batman: Arkham CityvsStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Batman: Arkham City leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Batman: Arkham CityStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith leans harder on reads: Versus duel mode adds light human prediction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Batman: Arkham City leans harder on optimization: Gadget combos and challenge maps 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.

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Batman: Arkham City

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith