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Temple Run leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Zoo Keeper leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Temple Run leans harder on execution: Swipe reactions at ever-rising speed

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Zoo Keeper leans harder on optimization: Board-reading heuristics like working bottom-up help

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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