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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2: ASSimilation cover artvsCastlevania III: Dracula's Curse cover art

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2: ASSimilationvsCastlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2: ASSimilation leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /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 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse leans harder on optimization: Partner choice, route branching, pattern memory

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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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2: ASSimilation

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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse