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Die by the SwordvsMarvel's Spider-Man 2
Die by the Sword leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Die by the SwordMarvel's Spider-Man 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Die by the Sword leans harder on execution: Manually steering every sword swing is the entire challenge
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on optimization: Expanded skill trees and gadget combos solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.