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inFamous 2 cover artvsMortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks cover art

inFamous 2vsMortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

inFamous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
inFamous 2Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks leans harder on reads: Bosses telegraph fixed Outworld patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

inFamous 2 leans harder on optimization: Karma-gated power trees shape the run

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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Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks