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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Overboard! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Overboard! leans harder on variance: Hidden story branches only until replays map them.

Optimization7 vs 8

Overboard! leans harder on optimization: Routing an eight-hour timeline to escape conviction is pure solving.

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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