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Darksiders cover artvsTron 2.0 cover art

DarksidersvsTron 2.0

Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tron 2.0 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DarksidersTron 2.0

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.

Variance1 vs 2

Tron 2.0 leans harder on variance: Some unknown level layouts first time

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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Darksiders

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