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Arise: A Simple Story leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); inFamous Second Son leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

inFamous Second Son leans harder on execution: Fluid traversal and aimed particle powers

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

inFamous Second Son leans harder on optimization: Swapping power sets and upgrade routing

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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