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Ghost of Tsushima cover artvsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time cover art

Ghost of TsushimavsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ghost of TsushimaTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans harder on execution: Throw timing, positioning, and boss dodges are the whole test.

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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time