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En Garde!vsStar Wars: The Force Unleashed II

En Garde! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
En Garde!Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

En Garde! leans harder on reads: Guards telegraph from fixed movesets, never adapting

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

En Garde! leans harder on optimization: Learning enemy types and arena props optimises each duel

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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