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Castlevania: Lords of ShadowvsMonster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Castlevania: Lords of ShadowMonster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom