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inFamous 2 cover artvsShadow of Rome cover art

inFamous 2vsShadow of Rome

inFamous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shadow of Rome leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
inFamous 2Shadow of Rome

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Shadow of Rome leans harder on execution: Weapon timing, crowd-pleasing combos and dismemberment need real hands

Reads0 vs 1

Shadow of Rome leans harder on reads: Gladiators and guards follow scripted AI routines

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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