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Contra 4 cover artvsTrials Fusion cover art

Contra 4vsTrials Fusion

Contra 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials Fusion leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Contra 4Trials Fusion

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Contra 4 leans harder on variance: Spawns and patterns are identical every run

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Contra 4

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Trials Fusion