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Beholder cover artvsDoodle God cover art

BeholdervsDoodle God

Beholder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Doodle God leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Beholder leans harder on execution: Simple point-and-click landlord actions

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Doodle God leans harder on variance: Valid recipes are hidden until guessed or brute-forced

Optimization7 vs 5

Beholder leans harder on optimization: Money, time, and blackmail decision routing

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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