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Beyond: Two Souls leans Execution (Light / Casual); Press Any Button leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Press Any Button leans harder on execution: Brief minigame reflexes are the only demand

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Press Any Button leans harder on variance: The game's gags are unknown on first play

Optimization2 vs 2

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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