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Torchlight Infinite leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Xenoblade Chronicles 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Execution4 vs 3

Torchlight Infinite leans harder on execution: Trail of Mastery speed runs require some positional discipline

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Torchlight Infinite leans harder on variance: Ember drop and affix variance drive seasonal progression

Optimization8 vs 8

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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