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Genji: Days of the Blade cover artvsGod of War Ragnarok cover art

Genji: Days of the BladevsGod of War Ragnarok

Genji: Days of the Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Genji: Days of the BladeGod of War Ragnarok

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

God of War Ragnarok leans harder on reads: Bosses use fixed movesets

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

God of War Ragnarok leans harder on optimization: Build choices and moveset mastery solve bosses

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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Genji: Days of the Blade

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God of War Ragnarok