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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Symphonia leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate leans harder on execution: Verticality, mounting, and apex monsters demand sharp inputs

Reads1 vs 0

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate leans harder on reads: Even frenzied monsters are scripted patterns

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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