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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive cover artvsHitman 2 (2018) cover art

Desperados: Wanted Dead or AlivevsHitman 2 (2018)

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hitman 2 (2018) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Desperados: Wanted Dead or AliveHitman 2 (2018)

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive leans harder on execution: Quick-action setups demand precise simultaneous timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 9

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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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

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Hitman 2 (2018)