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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock cover artvsRock Band 2 cover art

Guitar Hero: Warriors of RockvsRock Band 2

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rock Band 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Guitar Hero: Warriors of RockRock Band 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

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.

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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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

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Rock Band 2