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Unravel leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); White Shadows leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Unravel leans harder on execution: Gentle platforming and yarn-swing timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

White Shadows leans harder on variance: First-run surprises only; everything is fixed

Optimization6 vs 6

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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