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God of War cover artvsResident Evil 4 cover art

God of WarvsResident Evil 4

God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of WarResident Evil 4

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Resident Evil 4 leans harder on reads: Ganados follow scripted group patterns, not player modelling

Variance1 vs 2

Resident Evil 4 leans harder on variance: Minor drop RNG from enemies but encounters are fixed

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

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Resident Evil 4