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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition cover artvsShank 2 cover art

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionvsShank 2

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shank 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionShank 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Shank 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies telegraph fixed attacks; survival co-op stays scripted

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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