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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition leans harder on execution: Combat timing and shrine dexterity have a real ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition leans harder on variance: The world is hidden information until explored

Optimization7 vs 7

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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