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MadWorldvsSleeping Dogs

MadWorld leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
MadWorldSleeping Dogs

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

MadWorld leans harder on execution: Motion-combo brawling and boss QTE timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

MadWorld leans harder on optimization: Score multipliers reward creative kill routing

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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