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Mages of MystraliavsUndertale

Mages of Mystralia leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Undertale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Mages of Mystralia leans harder on execution: Dodging and casting in combat needs moderate timing

Reads0 vs 1

Undertale leans harder on reads: NPCs follow fixed dialogue trees, not adaptive

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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