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Aliens vs. Predator leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Aliens vs. PredatorRed Dead Redemption 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Aliens vs. Predator leans harder on execution: aim and melee timing across species

Reads2 vs 1

Aliens vs. Predator leans harder on reads: human opponents in multiplayer modes

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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