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God of War III: RemasteredvsThe World's Hardest Game

God of War III: Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The World's Hardest Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
God of War III: RemasteredThe World's Hardest Game

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

The World's Hardest Game leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise dodging through dot patterns is everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

God of War III: Remastered leans harder on variance: minor loot randomness

Optimization5 vs 5

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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