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Ape Escape: On the Loose cover artvsDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest cover art

Ape Escape: On the LoosevsDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Ape Escape: On the Loose leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Ape Escape: On the LooseDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Ape Escape: On the Loose leans harder on reads: Monkeys flee on scripts, not modelling you

Variance2 vs 1

Ape Escape: On the Loose leans harder on variance: Monkey hiding spots add light discovery

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Ape Escape: On the Loose

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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest