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Guitar Hero II cover artvsRocksmith 2014 cover art

Guitar Hero IIvsRocksmith 2014

Guitar Hero II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rocksmith 2014 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Guitar Hero IIRocksmith 2014

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 2

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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Guitar Hero II

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Rocksmith 2014