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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance leans harder on execution: Action combat rotations and dodges need active hands

Reads2 vs 1

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance leans harder on reads: Mostly PvE scripts; limited player-versus-player pockets

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance

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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow