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Call of Duty: Black Ops II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Puyo Puyo Tetris leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 4

Call of Duty: Black Ops II leans harder on reads: Human lobbies adapt rotations; pros mind-game spawns

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Puyo Puyo Tetris leans harder on optimization: Chain construction and stacking theory are deeply studied

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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