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Spider-Man: Web of ShadowsvsWCW Nitro

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WCW Nitro leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans harder on execution: Air combos and web-strike chains reward fast hands

Reads1 vs 3

WCW Nitro leans harder on reads: Human versus play rewards mild move prediction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows leans harder on optimization: Red-versus-black suit choice and upgrade paths are solvable

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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