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Blade Runner leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Directive 8020 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Directive 8020 leans harder on execution: Occasional QTEs are the only twitch demand

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Blade Runner leans harder on optimization: Evidence chains and questioning routes reward systematic detective work

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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