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Pepper Grinder leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Pepper Grinder leans harder on execution: Drill momentum and chained launches demand precise control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Spider-Man leans harder on variance: Level events are scripted and quickly known

Optimization4 vs 4

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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