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

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Tales of Berseria leans harder on reads: All enemies use fixed attack scripts; no adaptive component

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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