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Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Symphonia leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Tales of Symphonia leans harder on optimization: Arte trees, Unison Attacks, and equipment crafting are the optimization layer

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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