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DmC: Devil May Cry cover artvsSuper Castlevania IV cover art

DmC: Devil May CryvsSuper Castlevania IV

DmC: Devil May Cry leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Castlevania IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DmC: Devil May CrySuper Castlevania IV

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

DmC: Devil May Cry leans harder on optimization: Color-coding turns encounters into solvable matching puzzles

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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DmC: Devil May Cry

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Super Castlevania IV