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Blasphemous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Blasphemous leans harder on execution: Punishing 2D combat and platforming

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Blasphemous leans harder on optimization: Rosary bead builds and 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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