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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Enter the Matrix leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Enter the Matrix leans harder on execution: Bullet-time gunplay and kung-fu combos

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans harder on optimization: Routing the timed clock and combo weapons is the test

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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