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Gears of War: Judgment cover artvsSplatoon 2 cover art

Gears of War: JudgmentvsSplatoon 2

Gears of War: Judgment leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Gears of War: JudgmentSplatoon 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 5

Splatoon 2 leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent positioning

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Gears of War: Judgment

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Splatoon 2