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Beyond OasisvsMass Effect: Andromeda

Beyond Oasis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mass Effect: Andromeda leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Beyond Oasis leans harder on execution: Combo-driven melee combat rewards clean inputs

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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