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Minecraft Dungeons leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Yomawari: Midnight Shadows leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Minecraft Dungeons leans harder on execution: Dodge-rolls and kiting through mob swarms

Reads0 vs 1

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows leans harder on reads: Spirits follow scripted triggers, not adaptive minds

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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