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Darksiders cover artvsDmC: Devil May Cry cover art

DarksidersvsDmC: Devil May Cry

Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); DmC: Devil May Cry leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DarksidersDmC: Devil May Cry

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

DmC: Devil May Cry leans harder on execution: Angel/demon stance weaving is demanding but softer than mainline

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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