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Aliens vs. Predator leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WWF Royal Rumble leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

WWF Royal Rumble leans harder on reads: Human opponents add some habit prediction in versus

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Aliens vs. Predator leans harder on optimization: class abilities and routes 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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