head to head

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BatsugunvsCrash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Batsugun leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Batsugun leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns at speed is the whole test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Batsugun leans harder on variance: Patterns are deterministic once learned, little randomness

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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