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Astalon: Tears of the Earth cover artvsZelda II: The Adventure of Link cover art

Astalon: Tears of the EarthvsZelda II: The Adventure of Link

Astalon: Tears of the Earth leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zelda II: The Adventure of Link leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Astalon: Tears of the EarthZelda II: The Adventure of Link

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Astalon: Tears of the Earth leans harder on variance: Unknown tower layout on first ascent

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Astalon: Tears of the Earth

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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link