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Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War: Ascension leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ghost of TsushimaGod of War: Ascension

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

God of War: Ascension leans harder on reads: Multiplayer arenas add real human opposition, lightly populated

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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