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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); MediEvil leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker leans harder on execution: Stiff combat timing is the only real demand

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

MediEvil leans harder on optimization: chalice hunting and weapon progression 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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