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Track & Field II cover artvsVVVVVV cover art

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Track & Field II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); VVVVVV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /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

Track & Field II leans harder on variance: Minimal randomness in event outcomes.

Optimization2 vs 3

VVVVVV leans harder on optimization: Routes are short and obvious; execution is everything

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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