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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans harder on reads: Enemy AI somewhat reactive in duels

Variance3 vs 2

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance leans harder on variance: Random item drops add light hidden-information variance to each run

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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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance