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Bust a Groove cover artvsWolfenstein: The New Order cover art

Bust a GroovevsWolfenstein: The New Order

Bust a Groove leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein: The New Order leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Bust a GrooveWolfenstein: The New Order

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Bust a Groove leans harder on execution: Hitting command strings on the beat is the core test

Reads2 vs 1

Bust a Groove leans harder on reads: Attack timing against the rival adds light prediction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Bust a Groove

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Wolfenstein: The New Order