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Grabbed by the Ghoulies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Grabbed by the GhouliesSleeping Dogs

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Grabbed by the Ghoulies leans harder on variance: Room challenge conditions are unknown on first encounter

Optimization4 vs 3

Grabbed by the Ghoulies leans harder on optimization: Learning each room's rule set trivialises repeats

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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