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Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Moonlighter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Moonlighter leans harder on execution: Dodge-heavy dungeon combat

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean leans harder on variance: Random hand draws shape every battle turn.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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