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Clive Barker's Jericho leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Darkest of Days leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Clive Barker's JerichoDarkest of Days

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Darkest of Days leans harder on execution: Aim against waves of period soldiers is the core demand

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Clive Barker's Jericho leans harder on optimization: Choosing the right squad member per encounter is the layer

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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