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Demolition Man cover artvsGod of War II cover art

Demolition ManvsGod of War II

Demolition Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Demolition ManGod of War II

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Demolition Man leans harder on variance: Enemy spawns surprise only until memorised

Optimization5 vs 6

God of War II leans harder on optimization: Magic priorities, upgrades, and boss patterns are learnable

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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