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Lisa: The Painful cover artvsPaper Lily: Chapter 1 cover art

Lisa: The PainfulvsPaper Lily: Chapter 1

Lisa: The Painful leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Lisa: The PainfulPaper Lily: Chapter 1

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans harder on variance: Unknown puzzle solutions and surprises until the route is learned

Optimization7 vs 6

Lisa: The Painful leans harder on optimization: Party builds and sacrifice decisions are strategic

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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Lisa: The Painful

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Paper Lily: Chapter 1