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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fez leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans harder on execution: Gentle navigation, no jumping, light timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans harder on variance: Everything is visible and fixed

Optimization8 vs 9

Fez leans harder on optimization: Decoding the deep cipher system and spatial cube logic is the core challenge

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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