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Grounded 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Grounded 2 leans harder on execution: Dodging and perfect-blocking giant bugs takes real timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Grounded 2 leans harder on variance: World discovery and resource spawns hide some information

Optimization7 vs 7

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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