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Nier: Automata leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Nier: AutomataTouhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story

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Execution8 vs 9

Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise grazing through dense bullet patterns

Reads1 vs 0

Nier: Automata leans harder on reads: Enemies follow scripted patterns; no adaptive opponent

Variance2 vs 2

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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Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story