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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HDvsOri and the Will of the Wisps

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ori and the Will of the Wisps leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HDOri and the Will of the Wisps

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Execution7 vs 8

Ori and the Will of the Wisps leans harder on execution: Combat plus escape chases demand tight inputs

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Ori and the Will of the Wisps