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Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials Fusion leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION10 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution10 vs 9

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 0

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi leans harder on variance: Deterministic patterns, trivial randomness

Optimization7 vs 5

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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