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Monster Hunter Portable 3rd leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Nier: Automata leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Monster Hunter Portable 3rdNier: Automata

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd leans harder on optimization: Skill systems and loadout prep are solvable

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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Nier: Automata