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Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break cover artvsWhere Winds Meet cover art

Rock of Ages 3: Make & BreakvsWhere Winds Meet

Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Where Winds Meet leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Rock of Ages 3: Make & BreakWhere Winds Meet

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Where Winds Meet leans harder on execution: Parry and dodge timing in martial-arts duels rewards hands

Reads3 vs 2

Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break leans harder on reads: Human opponents vary defenses but options are shallow

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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Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break

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Where Winds Meet