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GRIMEvsKingdom Hearts II

GRIME leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kingdom Hearts II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Kingdom Hearts II leans harder on reads: Even superbosses run scripted, mappable patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

GRIME leans harder on optimization: Trait builds and absorbed abilities reward system mastery.

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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