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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Space Hulk leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenSpace Hulk

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Space Hulk leans harder on reads: Genestealer AI is aggressive but scripted, not adaptive

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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