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Bloodborne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Bloodborne leans harder on reads: Bosses follow fixed movesets; no model of you.

Variance2 vs 1

Bloodborne leans harder on variance: Chalice dungeon layouts and drops add some randomness.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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