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God of War III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Touhou Luna Nights leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Touhou Luna Nights leans harder on execution: Bullet-pattern dodging and time-stop knife play demand sharp hands

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Touhou Luna Nights leans harder on optimization: Learning patterns and time-stop resource management

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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