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Lords of the Fallen leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Lords of the Fallen leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted movesets, not adaptive

Variance1 vs 2

Monster Hunter leans harder on variance: Carve drops and monster locations add farmable randomness

Optimization7 vs 7

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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