head to head

Batman: Arkham Knight cover artvsPrototype 2 cover art

Batman: Arkham KnightvsPrototype 2

Batman: Arkham Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Prototype 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Batman: Arkham KnightPrototype 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Prototype 2 leans harder on execution: Power-swapping combat and traversal demand decent dexterity

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Prototype 2 leans harder on variance: Sandbox encounters carry slight randomness

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 Knight

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Prototype 2