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Rise of the Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena leans harder on execution: Melee takedowns and gunplay demand reliable hands

Reads0 vs 1

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena leans harder on reads: Drone and guard behavior is fully scripted

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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