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John Carpenter's Toxic Commando leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); SuperHot: Mind Control Delete leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
John Carpenter's Toxic CommandoSuperHot: Mind Control Delete

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Execution6 vs 7

SuperHot: Mind Control Delete leans harder on execution: Time-moves-when-you-move still demands precise spatial play

Reads1 vs 0

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando leans harder on reads: Zombie hordes are scripted swarms, not adaptive

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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