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God of War III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Guacamelee! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
God of War IIIGuacamelee!

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

God of War III leans harder on reads: Bosses fully scripted spectacle.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Guacamelee! leans harder on optimization: Ability routing, combos, and secret hunting

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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