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God of War: Ascension cover artvsSensible World of Soccer '96/'97 cover art

God of War: AscensionvsSensible World of Soccer '96/'97

God of War: Ascension leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of War: AscensionSensible World of Soccer '96/'97

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 leans harder on reads: Versus play rewards predicting a human opponent

Variance1 vs 2

Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 leans harder on variance: Little randomness once ratings are known

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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God of War: Ascension

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Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97