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Berserk and the Band of the HawkvsDevil May Cry 2
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Berserk and the Band of the HawkDevil May Cry 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Devil May Cry 2 leans harder on execution: Infamously easy; guns trivialize most encounters
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk leans harder on optimization: Skill trees, accessory builds, mission routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.