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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Execution6 vs 5

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

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena leans harder on optimization: Stealth routes and encounter solutions are learnable fixed content

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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