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Knack II cover artvsLEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes cover art

Knack IIvsLEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Knack II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Knack II leans harder on execution: Light combo timing and platforming pitched at families

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes leans harder on optimization: Matching character abilities to gated collectibles

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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