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Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi cover artvsSuper Contra cover art

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku TachivsSuper Contra

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION10 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku TachiSuper Contra

Axis by axis

Execution10 vs 8

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi leans harder on execution: Point-blank chip harvesting in bullet storms, brutal physical ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi leans harder on optimization: Multiplier chip routing is a solved-route discipline

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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