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KuonvsL.A. Noire

Kuon leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Kuon leans harder on execution: Tank-style evasion of slow horrors

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Kuon leans harder on optimization: Item routing and ofuda usage are plannable

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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