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Bomberman Hero leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spyro the Dragon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Bomberman Hero leans harder on execution: Precise bomb throws and platform jumps decide stages

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Spyro the Dragon leans harder on variance: Gem locations are fixed once levels are explored

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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