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Marvel's Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution5 vs 6

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on execution: Symbiote and dual-hero combat demands inputs.

Reads0 vs 1

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted, not modeling player.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on optimization: Expanded skill trees and gadget combos solvable.

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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