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Blaster Master Zero leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Blaster Master ZeroRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Blaster Master Zero leans harder on execution: Tank platforming plus top-down run-and-gun shooting

Reads1 vs 0

Blaster Master Zero leans harder on reads: Scripted mutant bosses

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart