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Grounded leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shobon no Action leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Shobon no Action leans harder on execution: Surviving the traps still demands tight platforming

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Shobon no Action leans harder on variance: Hidden troll traps are unknowable until they kill you once

Optimization6 vs 6

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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