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Hotline Miami leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Hotline Miami leans harder on execution: One-hit-death rooms demand flawless fast inputs

Reads0 vs 1

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast leans harder on reads: Bosses are pattern-based; only MP duels involve humans

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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