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Arkanoid DS cover artvsSerious Sam 3: BFE cover art

Arkanoid DSvsSerious Sam 3: BFE

Arkanoid DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam 3: BFE leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Arkanoid DSSerious Sam 3: BFE

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Arkanoid DS leans harder on variance: Power-up drops are randomized each play

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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Arkanoid DS

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Serious Sam 3: BFE