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Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Execution8 vs 9

Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise weaving through dense bullet curtains

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night leans harder on variance: Slight rank and pattern variation, mostly memorisable

Optimization6 vs 6

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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