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Raiden IV OverKill cover artvsShadow Warrior (2013) cover art

Raiden IV OverKillvsShadow Warrior (2013)

Raiden IV OverKill leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shadow Warrior (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Raiden IV OverKillShadow Warrior (2013)

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Raiden IV OverKill leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns demands precise reflexes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Raiden IV OverKill

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Shadow Warrior (2013)