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Pokémon Uranium leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Torment: Tides of Numenera leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Pokémon Uranium leans harder on reads: Online trainer battles add a small prediction layer

Variance5 vs 4

Pokémon Uranium leans harder on variance: Encounter tables, IVs and catch rolls drive team variance

Optimization7 vs 7

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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