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Darksiders IIvsSpace Hulk: Deathwing

Darksiders II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Space Hulk: Deathwing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Darksiders IISpace Hulk: Deathwing

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

Space Hulk: Deathwing leans harder on variance: Spawn directions and ambushes vary run to run

Optimization6 vs 5

Darksiders II leans harder on optimization: skill trees and dungeon puzzles reward planning

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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Space Hulk: Deathwing