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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); inFamous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 leans harder on execution: Whip combos and dodge timing carry combat encounters

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 leans harder on optimization: Void/Chaos resource juggling and mastery grind are mappable

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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