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Fate/ExtravsShadowrun Returns

Fate/Extra leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Shadowrun Returns leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Fate/ExtraShadowrun Returns

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Shadowrun Returns leans harder on execution: Turn-based tactical combat; cover positioning deliberate not reactive

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Fate/Extra leans harder on variance: Unknown enemy patterns dominate until information is gathered

Optimization7 vs 7

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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