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Marvel's Guardians of the GalaxyvsShenmue III
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shenmue III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Marvel's Guardians of the GalaxyShenmue III
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy leans harder on execution: third-person shooting with generous checkpoints
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Shenmue III leans harder on optimization: Money routines, training grind and clue routing structure the days
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.