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Shovel KnightvsWolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Shovel KnightWolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans harder on execution: Aggressive dual-wield combat punishes sloppy aim.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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