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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition cover artvsShadow Warrior cover art

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionvsShadow Warrior

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shadow Warrior leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionShadow Warrior

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Shadow Warrior leans harder on reads: Multiplayer existed but enemies are scripted spawns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Shadow Warrior leans harder on optimization: Level routes, keys and secret knowledge reward study

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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