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Patapon Remastered leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Patapon Remastered leans harder on execution: Rhythm-timing inputs are the core execution challenge.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

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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