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Kinect Star Wars leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks leans harder on execution: Combo juggling and launcher timing carry combat

Reads0 vs 1

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks leans harder on reads: Bosses telegraph fixed Outworld patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 4

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks leans harder on optimization: Move unlocks, co-op synergies and boss patterns reward study

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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