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Death's Door leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dying Light leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Death's Door leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses with patterns

Variance1 vs 2

Dying Light leans harder on variance: Night-hunter encounters bring randomness.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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