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Mirror's Edge Catalyst cover artvsUnreal cover art

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Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Unreal leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Mirror's Edge CatalystUnreal

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 2

Unreal leans harder on variance: First-run level surprises map out quickly

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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