head to head
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Diablo IIvsMetal Slug Tactics
Diablo II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Slug Tactics leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Diablo IIMetal Slug Tactics
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Diablo II leans harder on execution: Positioning and potion reflexes, little else physical
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Diablo II leans harder on optimization: Builds, breakpoints, rune economy, magic-find routing are the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.