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Genji: Dawn of the Samurai cover artvsMarvel's Spider-Man 2 cover art

Genji: Dawn of the SamuraivsMarvel's Spider-Man 2

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Genji: Dawn of the SamuraiMarvel's Spider-Man 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted, not modeling player.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai leans harder on optimization: Learning boss patterns, upgrade and character choices

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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