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.DetunedvsThe Beginner's Guide

.Detuned leans Execution (Light / Casual); The Beginner's Guide leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
.DetunedThe Beginner's Guide

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

.Detuned leans harder on execution: Fiddling sliders to music takes no skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization1 vs 1

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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