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Babbdi leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Babbdi leans harder on execution: Improvised movement tools demand light platforming dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Babbdi leans harder on variance: The brutalist maze is unknown until explored once

Optimization3 vs 3

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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