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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Touhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong NumberTouhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 2

Touhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View leans harder on reads: Versus humans adds light attack-timing prediction

Variance2 vs 3

Touhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View leans harder on variance: Attack spam and spawns shuffle the screen unpredictably

Optimization6 vs 5

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number leans harder on optimization: Stricter routing through bigger open levels

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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Touhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View