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Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold cover artvsGolden Axe II cover art

Blake Stone: Aliens of GoldvsGolden Axe II

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Golden Axe II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Blake Stone: Aliens of GoldGolden Axe II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

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Golden Axe II