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No Rest for the Wicked cover artvsTales of Symphonia cover art

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No Rest for the Wicked leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Symphonia leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
No Rest for the WickedTales of Symphonia

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

No Rest for the Wicked leans harder on execution: Stamina-priced swings and dodge timing decide every fight

Reads1 vs 0

No Rest for the Wicked leans harder on reads: Enemies run scripted movesets that never model you

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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