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Bayonetta 2 cover artvsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance cover art

Bayonetta 2vsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Bayonetta 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Bayonetta 2Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Bayonetta 2 leans harder on execution: Dodge-offset combos and Umbran Climax timing

Reads1 vs 0

Bayonetta 2 leans harder on reads: Scripted angel and demon patterns only

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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