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DayZ leans Variance (Grand Arena); Friday the 13th: The Game leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction).

EXECUTION6 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Execution6 vs 4

DayZ leans harder on execution: gunfights punish slow hands severely

Reads6 vs 7

Friday the 13th: The Game leans harder on reads: Jason and counselors are humans predicting each other

Variance7 vs 5

DayZ leans harder on variance: loot spawns and who you meet are unknowable

Optimization5 vs 4

DayZ leans harder on optimization: map knowledge and survival routines compound

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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