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Lies of P cover artvsR-Type Leo cover art

Lies of PvsR-Type Leo

Lies of P leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); R-Type Leo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Lies of PR-Type Leo

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

R-Type Leo leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed once memorized; nothing hidden

Optimization6 vs 6

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Lies of P

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R-Type Leo