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Mega Man Battle Network 3 BluevsMiddle-earth: Shadow of War
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Middle-earth: Shadow of War leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mega Man Battle Network 3 BlueMiddle-earth: Shadow of War
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue leans harder on execution: Grid dodging and chip timing in real time demand reflexes
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue leans harder on optimization: Folder construction and style builds dominate outcomes
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.