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Bound By Flame leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Execution5 vs 6

God of War Ragnarok leans harder on execution: Parry timing and combo execution in combat

Reads0 vs 1

God of War Ragnarok leans harder on reads: Bosses use fixed movesets

Variance1 vs 1

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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