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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance cover artvs​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors cover art

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeancevs​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); ​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans harder on execution: parry timing and blade-mode cuts demand sharp reactions

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

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​The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors