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DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Ghost of a Tale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Ghost of a Tale leans harder on execution: Light sneak-and-dash timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

DREDGE leans harder on variance: Fish spawns and fog-of-dread unknowns until mapped

Optimization6 vs 6

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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