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Kalimba leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider: Legend leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Kalimba leans harder on execution: Controlling two totems at once strains coordination constantly

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Tomb Raider: Legend leans harder on variance: Linear levels leave little hidden

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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