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Floppy Knights leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pillars of Eternity leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Pillars of Eternity leans harder on execution: Real-time-with-pause removes all twitch pressure from the player

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Floppy Knights leans harder on variance: Card draw order injects per-turn randomness

Optimization9 vs 9

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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