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AquaNox cover artvsNeed for Speed II cover art

AquaNoxvsNeed for Speed II

AquaNox leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Need for Speed II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
AquaNoxNeed for Speed II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Need for Speed II leans harder on execution: Cornering and throttle control decide every race

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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AquaNox

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Need for Speed II