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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dead Island Retro Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Call of Juarez: GunslingerDead Island Retro Revenge

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Dead Island Retro Revenge leans harder on variance: Spawn sequences surprise only until memorised

Optimization6 vs 5

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger leans harder on optimization: Score routes, skill trees, duel timing knowledge

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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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

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