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Enter the MatrixvsSamurai Warriors 4

Enter the Matrix leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Samurai Warriors 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Enter the Matrix leans harder on execution: Bullet-time gunplay and kung-fu combos

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Samurai Warriors 4 leans harder on optimization: Character switching, builds, and objective routing decide ranks

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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