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Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ghost of TsushimaSpider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage leans harder on execution: Crowd control and hit timing against punishing enemy waves

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

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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Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage