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BloodrootsvsHotline Miami

Bloodroots leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Hotline Miami leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Hotline Miami leans harder on execution: One-hit-death rooms demand flawless fast inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Hotline Miami leans harder on variance: Slight enemy behavior wobble between restarts

Optimization6 vs 6

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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