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Katana ZERO cover artvsMullet Madjack cover art

Katana ZEROvsMullet Madjack

Katana ZERO leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mullet Madjack leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Katana ZEROMullet Madjack

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.

Variance1 vs 2

Mullet Madjack leans harder on variance: Floor layouts and upgrades shuffle lightly between runs

Optimization6 vs 5

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.

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