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Condemned: Criminal Origins cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords cover art

Condemned: Criminal OriginsvsThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

Condemned: Criminal Origins leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Condemned: Criminal OriginsThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Condemned: Criminal Origins leans harder on execution: Visceral melee blocking and counter timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

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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Condemned: Criminal Origins

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The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords