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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionPersona 5: Dancing in Starlight

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans harder on variance: Hand-built world with nothing random

Optimization4 vs 3

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans harder on optimization: Ability-gated routing and upgrade order reward planning

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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Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight