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Hi-Fi Rush leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden Black leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Ninja Gaiden Black leans harder on execution: Master Ninja difficulty is an execution gauntlet

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Ninja Gaiden Black leans harder on optimization: Mission-mode mastery rewards deep system knowledge

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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