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Angry Birds Rio leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Hyrule Warriors leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Hyrule Warriors leans harder on execution: Combo strings and weak-point gauge timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Angry Birds Rio leans harder on variance: Physics tumbles add slight outcome noise

Optimization6 vs 6

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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