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La-Mulana leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rogue Legacy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Rogue Legacy leans harder on variance: Heir traits and room layouts introduce run-to-run randomness

Optimization8 vs 6

La-Mulana leans harder on optimization: Decoding tablet riddles converges into pure solved knowledge.

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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