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Prototype 2 cover artvsStreets of Rage 3 cover art

Prototype 2vsStreets of Rage 3

Prototype 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Streets of Rage 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Prototype 2Streets of Rage 3

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Streets of Rage 3 leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs trivialise crowd control, combos and weapon timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Prototype 2 leans harder on variance: Sandbox encounters carry slight randomness

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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