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Bloodborne cover artvsF1 2017 cover art

BloodbornevsF1 2017

Bloodborne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); F1 2017 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
BloodborneF1 2017

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

F1 2017 leans harder on reads: Wheel-to-wheel racing rewards some opponent anticipation online

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Bloodborne leans harder on optimization: Builds, weapons, and boss patterns are studyable and solvable.

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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