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Hot LavavsKatana ZERO
Hot Lava leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Katana ZERO leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hot LavaKatana ZERO
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Katana ZERO leans harder on variance: Rooms are identical on every attempt
Optimization5 vs 6
Katana ZERO leans harder on optimization: Planning the perfect room-clear sequence
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.