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New Star Soccer 5 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 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

New Star Soccer 5 leans harder on reads: AI opponents don't adapt to model your play

Variance4 vs 3

New Star Soccer 5 leans harder on variance: Match outcomes and life events have randomness

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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