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Super Exploding Zoo leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Unravel leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Super Exploding Zoo leans harder on reads: Alien marauders are scripted, not adaptive

Variance2 vs 1

Super Exploding Zoo leans harder on variance: Level layouts are fixed with minor variation

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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