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GothicvsVoidtrain

Gothic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Voidtrain leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Gothic leans harder on execution: Clunky but learnable directional melee timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Voidtrain leans harder on variance: Void events and loot finds vary each stretch of track

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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