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God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Berseria leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Tales of Berseria leans harder on execution: Break Soul chains and timing under Break Soul economy demand execution

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Tales of Berseria leans harder on variance: Random drops matter for gear progression but rarely alter fights

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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