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Batman: Vengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spyro the Dragon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Batman: Vengeance leans harder on reads: Thugs and bosses run fixed scripts, never adapt

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Batman: Vengeance leans harder on optimization: Learning level layouts and boss patterns solves the game

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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