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God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tokyo Xanadu eX+ leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution7 vs 6

God of War leans harder on execution: Combo timing, dodges, and QTEs set the bar

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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