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Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean AnimismvsTrials Fusion

Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials Fusion leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism leans harder on variance: Minor aimed-shot randomness within otherwise fixed patterns

Optimization6 vs 5

Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism leans harder on optimization: Routing bombs, resources and pattern memorisation underpin clears

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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