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Citizen SleepervsOverland

Citizen Sleeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Overland 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 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Overland leans harder on optimization: Squeezing safe value from each tight turn is the game

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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