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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger cover artvsR-Type III: The Third Lightning cover art

Call of Juarez: GunslingervsR-Type III: The Third Lightning

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); R-Type III: The Third Lightning leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Call of Juarez: GunslingerR-Type III: The Third Lightning

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

R-Type III: The Third Lightning leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise dodging through dense bullet and terrain gauntlets

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

R-Type III: The Third Lightning leans harder on optimization: Memorising spawns and Force-unit routing defines clears

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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R-Type III: The Third Lightning