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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II cover artvsThe Expendables 2: The Videogame cover art

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed IIvsThe Expendables 2: The Videogame

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Expendables 2: The Videogame leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed IIThe Expendables 2: The Videogame

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Expendables 2: The Videogame leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted shooting-gallery fodder

Variance1 vs 2

The Expendables 2: The Videogame leans harder on variance: Spawns are fixed and learnable

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

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The Expendables 2: The Videogame