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Beholder cover artvsPaper Lily: Chapter 1 cover art

BeholdervsPaper Lily: Chapter 1

Beholder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
BeholderPaper Lily: Chapter 1

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans harder on execution: Light chase sequences are the only dexterity demand

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

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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