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Devil May Cry 5 cover artvsSeum: Speedrunners from Hell cover art

Devil May Cry 5vsSeum: Speedrunners from Hell

Devil May Cry 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Seum: Speedrunners from Hell leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Devil May Cry 5 leans harder on variance: V's summons add flavor, not randomness that matters

Optimization7 vs 7

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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