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God of War: AscensionvsTMNT: Shredder's Revenge

God of War: Ascension leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TMNT: Shredder's Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge leans harder on variance: Enemy placement is fixed per stage

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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