head to head
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Slay the Spire IIvsYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
Slay the Spire II leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Slay the Spire IIYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Slay the Spire II leans harder on execution: minimal - card selection not physical
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance8 vs 7
Slay the Spire II leans harder on variance: shuffled deck and random encounters/relics
Optimization8 vs 8
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.