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Okami leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
OkamiThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Okami leans harder on execution: Brush strokes and combat timing, forgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 8

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leans harder on optimization: Build contraptions and route the open world

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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