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FeistvsGrand Theft Auto IV

Feist leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Grand Theft Auto IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Feist leans harder on execution: Physics-driven scrambles from larger beasts demand quick improvisation

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Feist leans harder on variance: Unscripted physics interactions make encounters play out differently

Optimization3 vs 3

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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