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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts cover artvsOrcs Must Die! 2 cover art

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & BoltsvsOrcs Must Die! 2

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Orcs Must Die! 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & BoltsOrcs Must Die! 2

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Orcs Must Die! 2 leans harder on execution: Co-op shooting and trap triggering

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Orcs Must Die! 2 leans harder on variance: Endless mode shuffles compositions slightly

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

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Orcs Must Die! 2