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Aladdin cover artvsLuxor cover art

AladdinvsLuxor

Aladdin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Luxor leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Aladdin leans harder on execution: Precise platforming jumps and sword-timing are demanding.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Luxor leans harder on variance: Orb colour feed is random but shallow to map

Optimization4 vs 4

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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