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Skate 2 cover artvsSurgeon Simulator 2013 cover art

Skate 2vsSurgeon Simulator 2013

Skate 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Surgeon Simulator 2013 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Skate 2Surgeon Simulator 2013

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Skate 2 leans harder on execution: Flick-it stick controls map tricks to genuine manual dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Surgeon Simulator 2013 leans harder on variance: Floppy physics adds chaos but procedures themselves are fixed

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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