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Resident Evil 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Slitterhead leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Resident Evil 5Slitterhead

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Slitterhead leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted with some randomness, not adaptive

Variance2 vs 3

Slitterhead leans harder on variance: Possessing random hosts adds tactical chaos

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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