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Destiny leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Mario Kart DS leans harder on execution: Snaking demands relentless precise drift inputs

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Destiny leans harder on optimization: Loadout meta and raid routes are solvable systems.

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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