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Refunct leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Shovel Knight leans harder on reads: Scripted boss patterns, not reads

Variance0 vs 1

Shovel Knight leans harder on variance: Deterministic stages

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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