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Quake II cover artvsRaiden V cover art

Quake IIvsRaiden V

Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Raiden V leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Quake IIRaiden V

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Raiden V leans harder on execution: Dodging bullet patterns while shooting is the entire skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Quake II leans harder on variance: Item and enemy placement is fixed but unknown on first play

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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Quake II

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Raiden V