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10 Second Ninja X cover artvsContra: Hard Corps cover art

10 Second Ninja XvsContra: Hard Corps

10 Second Ninja X leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Contra: Hard Corps leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
10 Second Ninja XContra: Hard Corps

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.

Variance0 vs 1

Contra: Hard Corps leans harder on variance: Everything fixed once routes and patterns are known

Optimization7 vs 6

10 Second Ninja X leans harder on optimization: Finding the theoretical fastest route is half the score

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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Contra: Hard Corps