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Horizon Forbidden West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir leans harder on execution: real-time combo and dodge timing

Reads1 vs 0

Horizon Forbidden West leans harder on reads: Machines remain scripted, not adaptive.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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