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TowerFall Ascension leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Ultimate Chicken Horse leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Execution8 vs 7

TowerFall Ascension leans harder on execution: Arrow aim, dodges, and arrow catches are razor-tight

Reads7 vs 6

TowerFall Ascension leans harder on reads: Couch PvP is constant mutual prediction and baiting

Variance3 vs 2

TowerFall Ascension leans harder on variance: Random powerup chests and variants spice rounds

Optimization3 vs 4

Ultimate Chicken Horse leans harder on optimization: Optimal obstacle placement strategies are learnable over sessions

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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