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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn cover artvsGhost of Tsushima cover art

Flintlock: The Siege of DawnvsGhost of Tsushima

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn leans harder on execution: Dodge, parry and pistol-cancel timing in souls-lite duels

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Ghost of Tsushima leans harder on optimization: Stance matchups, charms, and gear 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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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

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