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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Viewfinder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Execution3 vs 2

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts leans harder on execution: Driving contraptions needs only modest control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts leans harder on variance: Challenge parameters are known and fixed

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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