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Darksiders II cover artvsLichdom: Battlemage cover art

Darksiders IIvsLichdom: Battlemage

Darksiders II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Lichdom: Battlemage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Darksiders IILichdom: Battlemage

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.

Variance2 vs 3

Lichdom: Battlemage leans harder on variance: Random crafting component drops shape available spells

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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Darksiders II

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Lichdom: Battlemage