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Mirror's Edge Catalyst cover artvsStealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones cover art

Mirror's Edge CatalystvsStealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Mirror's Edge CatalystStealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans harder on execution: Flow-state parkour with timing-based combat

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones leans harder on optimization: Each room is a solvable sequence to discover then execute

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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Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones