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Haunting Starring Polterguy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza 0 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Yakuza 0 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance3 vs 2

Haunting Starring Polterguy leans harder on variance: Which objects scare best is unknown until experimented

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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