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Bloodborne cover artvsMonster Hunter 4 Ultimate cover art

BloodbornevsMonster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Bloodborne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
BloodborneMonster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate leans harder on variance: Relic weapon RNG and charm tables run deep

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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