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Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition cover artvsDevil May Cry 2 cover art

Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe EditionvsDevil May Cry 2

Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe EditionDevil May Cry 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition leans harder on execution: combo-based combat timing and precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition leans harder on variance: minor randomness in encounters

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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