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Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Starfield leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus leans harder on reads: Local versus adds light outguessing; story AI is scripted

Variance4 vs 3

Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus leans harder on variance: Battle card draws randomise each encounter's toolkit

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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