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AudiosurfvsLumines

Audiosurf leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Lumines leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
AudiosurfLumines

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Lumines leans harder on execution: Placement speed against the timeline sweep

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Lumines leans harder on variance: Block sequence randomness, fully reactable

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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