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Double Dragon IVvsinFamous 2

Double Dragon IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); inFamous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Double Dragon IVinFamous 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Double Dragon IV leans harder on execution: Retro beat-em-up timing and spacing carry every fight

Reads1 vs 0

Double Dragon IV leans harder on reads: Versus mode exists but enemies are scripted patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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