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God of War: Ascension cover artvsMarvel's Spider-Man 2 cover art

God of War: AscensionvsMarvel's Spider-Man 2

God of War: Ascension leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of War: AscensionMarvel's Spider-Man 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

God of War: Ascension leans harder on reads: Multiplayer arenas add real human opposition, lightly populated

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

God of War: Ascension leans harder on optimization: Elemental loadouts and MP builds are mappable

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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