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Blasphemous cover artvsMuramasa: The Demon Blade cover art

BlasphemousvsMuramasa: The Demon Blade

Blasphemous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BlasphemousMuramasa: The Demon Blade

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Blasphemous leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans harder on optimization: Forging the 108-blade tree and matching swords to fights

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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