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Dragon Spirit: The New Legend cover artvsF.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin cover art

Dragon Spirit: The New LegendvsF.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Dragon Spirit: The New LegendF.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend leans harder on execution: Dodging bullets and aiming is the lead skill

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend leans harder on variance: Some enemy spawn timing varies

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Dragon Spirit: The New Legend

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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin