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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ski or Die leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Execution5 vs 6

Ski or Die leans harder on execution: Reflex timing across five winter minigames drives all scores

Reads0 vs 1

Ski or Die leans harder on reads: Hotseat rivals never interact with your runs

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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