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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows cover artvsSplit Fiction cover art

Spider-Man: Web of ShadowsvsSplit Fiction

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Split Fiction leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Spider-Man: Web of ShadowsSplit Fiction

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Split Fiction leans harder on reads: Co-op partner coordination involves light social reads

Variance1 vs 2

Split Fiction leans harder on variance: Genre-shifting levels introduce some unknown obstacles per run

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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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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Split Fiction