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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown cover artvsSpider-Man: Web of Shadows cover art

Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownvsSpider-Man: Web of Shadows

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownSpider-Man: Web of Shadows

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown leans harder on execution: Precise parry-dodge-platforming combat

Reads2 vs 1

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses with patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows