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Mario Golf: Advance Tour cover artvsThe Evil Within 2 cover art

Mario Golf: Advance TourvsThe Evil Within 2

Mario Golf: Advance Tour leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Mario Golf: Advance TourThe Evil Within 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Evil Within 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted; no adaptive opponent

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

The Evil Within 2 leans harder on optimization: Upgrade system, open-area routing and crafting are fully optimisable

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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