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BladevsDevil May Cry 2

Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
BladeDevil May Cry 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Devil May Cry 2 leans harder on optimization: Amulet builds and boss patterns fall fast

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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