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Bulletstorm leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Duke Nukem 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Bulletstorm leans harder on variance: Arenas and spawns are fixed and learnable

Optimization6 vs 5

Bulletstorm leans harder on optimization: Maximising skillshot score per arena is a solvable puzzle

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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