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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice cover artvsMortal Kombat: Special Forces cover art

Hellblade: Senua's SacrificevsMortal Kombat: Special Forces

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mortal Kombat: Special Forces leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Hellblade: Senua's SacrificeMortal Kombat: Special Forces

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Mortal Kombat: Special Forces leans harder on optimization: Learning combo strings and level routes is shallow

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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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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Mortal Kombat: Special Forces