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Citizen SleepervsGods Will Be Watching

Citizen Sleeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Gods Will Be Watching leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Citizen Sleeper leans harder on reads: NPCs follow branching scripts.

Variance6 vs 5

Citizen Sleeper leans harder on variance: Daily dice rolls drive outcomes.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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