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Adventures of Dino Riki leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Adventures of Dino Riki leans harder on execution: Relentless dodging on tiny platforms punishes any slip

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne leans harder on optimization: bullet-time meter management and routing

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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