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Kalimba leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
KalimbaMirror's Edge Catalyst

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans harder on execution: Flow-state parkour with timing-based combat

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans harder on variance: Open world is static once explored

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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