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Avatar: The Last Airbender cover artvsMass Effect: Andromeda cover art

Avatar: The Last AirbendervsMass Effect: Andromeda

Avatar: The Last Airbender leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mass Effect: Andromeda leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Avatar: The Last AirbenderMass Effect: Andromeda

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Mass Effect: Andromeda leans harder on execution: jump-jet mobility raises the combat ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Mass Effect: Andromeda leans harder on variance: exploration surprises only on first visit

Optimization5 vs 5

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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