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FurivsRaiden V

Furi leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Raiden V leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Furi leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted patterns, however adversarial they feel

Variance1 vs 2

Raiden V leans harder on variance: Patterns are memorizable, little true randomness

Optimization5 vs 5

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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