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Get EvenvsMafia II

Get Even leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution3 vs 4

Mafia II leans harder on execution: Cover shooting and fistfight timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Get Even leans harder on variance: The mystery is hidden information driving the experience

Optimization4 vs 4

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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