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Crimson Desert leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution7 vs 6

Crimson Desert leans harder on execution: Grapple-heavy combat timing and combos demand active hands

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Crimson Desert leans harder on variance: Open-world encounters add mild discovery randomness

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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