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DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Lisa: The Painful leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DREDGELisa: The Painful

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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 7

Lisa: The Painful leans harder on optimization: Party builds and sacrifice decisions are strategic

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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