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Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tesla vs. Lovecraft leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hexen: Beyond HereticTesla vs. Lovecraft

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 5

Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans harder on optimization: Hub-world puzzle routing and class selection form a solvable structure

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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Tesla vs. Lovecraft