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Punishing: Gray Raven cover artvsTales of Berseria cover art

Punishing: Gray RavenvsTales of Berseria

Punishing: Gray Raven leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Berseria leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Punishing: Gray RavenTales of Berseria

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Tales of Berseria leans harder on reads: All enemies use fixed attack scripts; no adaptive component

Variance3 vs 2

Punishing: Gray Raven leans harder on variance: Gacha pulls and orb draws inject randomness

Optimization6 vs 6

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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