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God of War Ragnarok cover artvsZelda II: The Adventure of Link cover art

God of War RagnarokvsZelda II: The Adventure of Link

God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zelda II: The Adventure of Link leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of War RagnarokZelda II: The Adventure of Link

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link leans harder on execution: Precise sword spacing, shield stabs, brutal platforming

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link