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Batman: The Video Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Batman: The Video Game leans harder on execution: Tight 16-bit platforming and combat timing carry everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Spider-Man leans harder on optimization: Boss patterns and level routes are fully 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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