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Beat Saber cover artvsGuitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s cover art

Beat SabervsGuitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

Beat Saber leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION10 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Beat SaberGuitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

Axis by axis

Execution10 vs 9

Beat Saber leans harder on execution: Pure full-body rhythm precision at speed

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s leans harder on optimization: Star power pathing squeezes out extra score

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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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s