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Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 4

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter leans harder on reads: Human multiplayer dogfights reward predicting enemy jinks

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter leans harder on optimization: Power management between lasers, shields, engines is solvable craft

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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