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Armored Core: Project Phantasma leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gears of War 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 4

Gears of War 4 leans harder on reads: predicting human opponents in PvP

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Armored Core: Project Phantasma leans harder on optimization: Mech build crafting and part tuning define competitiveness

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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