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EtherbornvsHob

Etherborn leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hob leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Hob leans harder on execution: Dodge-roll combat and platforming with moderate timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Etherborn leans harder on optimization: Each gravity-shifted route is a solvable spatial-logic problem

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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