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Aliens: Fireteam Elite leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Blasphemous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Blasphemous leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses

Variance2 vs 1

Aliens: Fireteam Elite leans harder on variance: Spawn mixes vary mildly between runs

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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