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Deepest SwordvsGuacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Deepest Sword leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Deepest SwordGuacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans harder on variance: Hand-built world with nothing random
Optimization3 vs 4
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans harder on optimization: Ability-gated routing and upgrade order reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.