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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn cover artvsGod of War cover art

Flintlock: The Siege of DawnvsGod of War

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Flintlock: The Siege of DawnGod of War

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn leans harder on reads: Bosses telegraph fixed movesets

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

God of War leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets, upgrades, and puzzles is the other half

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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