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Datura leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Datura leans harder on execution: Motion-control interactions are deliberate, not twitch-based

Reads1 vs 0

Datura leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent in an exploratory narrative

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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