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Naruto: Ninja Council leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Naruto: Ninja CouncilSleeping Dogs

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Naruto: Ninja Council leans harder on reads: Enemies follow simple fixed GBA-era patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Sleeping Dogs