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Demon's SoulsvsMonster Hunter Tri

Demon's Souls leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter Tri leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Monster Hunter Tri leans harder on execution: Underwater and land combat punish mistimed commitment

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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