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Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow leans harder on execution: fighting mechanics need timing and reaction

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans harder on optimization: Mother Base, loadouts, fulton economy deeply solvable.

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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