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36 Fragments of Midnight leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Subway Surfers leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Subway Surfers leans harder on variance: Procedural track segments keep each run unseen ahead

Optimization2 vs 2

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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