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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker leans harder on execution: Boss vehicle fights and CQC chains test aim and timing.

Reads1 vs 0

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker leans harder on reads: Enemy AI is scripted and predictable.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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