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BioShock cover artvsKid Icarus: Uprising cover art

BioShockvsKid Icarus: Uprising

BioShock leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kid Icarus: Uprising leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Kid Icarus: Uprising leans harder on execution: Stylus aiming through flight and ground combat

Reads1 vs 3

Kid Icarus: Uprising leans harder on reads: Multiplayer Light vs Dark adds human opposition

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Kid Icarus: Uprising leans harder on optimization: Weapon fusion and intensity-wager risk tuning

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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