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Demon's Souls leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter: World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Monster Hunter: World leans harder on variance: Decoration drops are notorious RNG

Optimization7 vs 8

Monster Hunter: World leans harder on optimization: Knowing the monster and building counters is the game

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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