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Solar Ash leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Solar Ash leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Spider-Man leans harder on optimization: Boss patterns and level routes are fully learnable

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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