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MDKvsShellshock 2: Blood Trails

MDK leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shellshock 2: Blood Trails leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
MDKShellshock 2: Blood Trails

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

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

MDK leans harder on optimization: Learning arena gimmicks and item use solves each level

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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