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Pixel DungeonvsYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

Pixel Dungeon leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Execution1 vs 0

Pixel Dungeon leans harder on execution: Turn-based taps - zero dexterity required

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance7 vs 7

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories leans harder on optimization: Memorising fusion combinations is the real game

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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