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Pistol Whip cover artvsSkate 2 cover art

Pistol WhipvsSkate 2

Pistol Whip leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skate 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Pistol WhipSkate 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

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 4

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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Pistol Whip

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Skate 2