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Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood cover artvsMagicka cover art

Brothers in Arms: Earned in BloodvsMagicka

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Magicka leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Brothers in Arms: Earned in BloodMagicka

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Magicka leans harder on execution: Typing element combos quickly mid-combat is the hands test

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood leans harder on variance: AI repositioning varies runs slightly between attempts

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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