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Ballance cover artvsSonic Generations cover art

BallancevsSonic Generations

Ballance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Generations leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BallanceSonic Generations

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Sonic Generations leans harder on optimization: S-ranks come from memorising optimal routes and shortcuts

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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Ballance

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