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Half-Minute Hero leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampyr leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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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 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Half-Minute Hero leans harder on optimization: Route optimisation per stage is the whole game

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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