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Sky Destroyer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Sky Destroyer leans harder on execution: Aiming and dodging on rails is the entire test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft leans harder on optimization: exploration routes and puzzles solvable

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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