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Hi-Fi RushvsMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Hi-Fi Rush leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Hi-Fi Rush leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted, not adaptive.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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