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Last Day of June leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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.

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