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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening cover artvsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance cover art

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningvsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening leans harder on execution: Style-switch combos and Royal Guard timing are an execution Everest

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening leans harder on optimization: Style choice, weapon loadouts, and boss patterns reward labbing

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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