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Call of Cthulhu leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Call of Cthulhu leans harder on execution: light stealth timing, mostly minor

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Call of Cthulhu leans harder on variance: skill checks add randomness

Optimization3 vs 3

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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