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Red Dead Redemption cover artvsStar Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II cover art

Red Dead RedemptionvsStar Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

Red Dead Redemption leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II leans harder on execution: Saber timing and platforming over huge levels

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II leans harder on optimization: Force power allocation and routing reward planning

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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