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Peak leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zombie Apocalypse leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Zombie Apocalypse leans harder on variance: Spawn waves and hazard timing add chaos

Optimization5 vs 4

Peak leans harder on optimization: Routing the wall and rationing items decides summit attempts

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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