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Azure ReflectionsvsHalo 3: ODST

Azure Reflections leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Halo 3: ODST leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Azure Reflections leans harder on execution: bullet-hell dodging and precise shooting

Reads0 vs 1

Halo 3: ODST leans harder on reads: Covenant patrols are scripted, not adaptive

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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