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Party HardvsStay Out of the House

Party Hard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Stay Out of the House leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Party HardStay Out of the House

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Stay Out of the House leans harder on reads: Killer AI follows scripted patrols, not adaptive modeling

Variance5 vs 5

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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