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Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien cover artvsPaRappa the Rapper cover art

Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm AlienvsPaRappa the Rapper

Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); PaRappa the Rapper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm AlienPaRappa the Rapper

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

PaRappa the Rapper leans harder on variance: Songs are fixed sequences

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

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PaRappa the Rapper