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Indiana Jones and the Infernal MachinevsSpider-Man: Web of Shadows

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Indiana Jones and the Infernal MachineSpider-Man: Web of Shadows

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans harder on execution: Air combos and web-strike chains reward fast hands

Reads0 vs 1

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans harder on reads: Symbiote hordes attack on fixed scripts

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine leans harder on optimization: Environmental puzzle routing per level

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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