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God of War Ragnarok cover artvsSenran Kagura Burst Re:Newal cover art

God of War RagnarokvsSenran Kagura Burst Re:Newal

God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of War RagnarokSenran Kagura Burst Re:Newal

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal leans harder on variance: Minor randomness in enemy spawns and drops

Optimization6 vs 5

God of War Ragnarok leans harder on optimization: Build choices and moveset mastery solve bosses

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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