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Kane & Lynch: Dead MenvsTomb Raider (2013)

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Kane & Lynch: Dead MenTomb Raider (2013)

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men leans harder on variance: Set-piece encounters vary little

Optimization3 vs 4

Tomb Raider (2013) leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and skill picks straightforward.

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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