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Ori and the Will of the Wisps leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Ori and the Will of the WispsWolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Ori and the Will of the Wisps leans harder on execution: Combat plus escape chases demand tight inputs

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Ori and the Will of the Wisps leans harder on optimization: Shard loadouts and weapon choice tune playstyle

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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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus