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God of War Ragnarok cover artvs​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors cover art

God of War Ragnarokvs​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); ​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of War Ragnarok​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors leans harder on execution: Crowd-control spacing and move timing carry every screen

Reads1 vs 0

God of War Ragnarok leans harder on reads: Bosses use fixed movesets

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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 Ragnarok

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​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors