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The Surge 2vsZelda II: The Adventure of Link

The Surge 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zelda II: The Adventure of Link leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

The Surge 2 leans harder on execution: Directional attacks and limb targeting demand timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

The Surge 2 leans harder on optimization: Implant builds and limb-targeting routing key

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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