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Magicka: Wizard Wars cover artvsMortal Kombat: Armageddon cover art

Magicka: Wizard WarsvsMortal Kombat: Armageddon

Magicka: Wizard Wars leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat: Armageddon leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon leans harder on execution: Combo strings and kombat timing decide exchanges

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Magicka: Wizard Wars leans harder on variance: Friendly-fire chaos adds comedy noise to fights

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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Magicka: Wizard Wars

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Mortal Kombat: Armageddon