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Ghostrunner leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mirror's Edge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Ghostrunner leans harder on execution: One-hit-death parkour and slashing demand near-perfect inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Ghostrunner leans harder on variance: Deterministic levels

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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