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Hotline Miami leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mushihimesama leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Mushihimesama leans harder on execution: Ultra Maniac difficulty requires inhuman movement precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Mushihimesama leans harder on optimization: Shot type selection, rank management, and scoring routes are solvable

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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