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DarksidersvsThe Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Darksiders leans harder on execution: combo-driven combat with dodge timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Darksiders leans harder on optimization: Zelda-style dungeons and upgrade routing

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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