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Super Pac-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Tricky Towers leans harder on variance: Brick sequence and wobble physics inject chaos

Optimization5 vs 4

Super Pac-Man leans harder on optimization: Maze routing and pellet timing have optimal patterns

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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