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Last Day of JunevsThe Longing
Last Day of June leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Longing leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Last Day of JuneThe Longing
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Last Day of June leans harder on execution: Slow walking and simple interactions, no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Last Day of June leans harder on optimization: Sequencing the four characters' actions is the puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.