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Mafia II cover artvsPostal III cover art

Mafia IIvsPostal III

Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Mafia IIPostal III

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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

Mafia II leans harder on optimization: Modest; learning encounter layouts

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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Mafia II

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Postal III