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Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition cover artvsFuri cover art

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Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Furi leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Furi leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted patterns, however adversarial they feel

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition leans harder on optimization: Learning enemy patterns and combo routes for style ranks

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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