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Black Myth: Wukong cover artvsNinja Gaiden 4 cover art

Black Myth: WukongvsNinja Gaiden 4

Black Myth: Wukong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Black Myth: WukongNinja Gaiden 4

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Ninja Gaiden 4 leans harder on execution: Frame-tight dodges, parries and combo execution dominate every fight

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Black Myth: Wukong leans harder on optimization: Spell builds, transformations, and moveset study

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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