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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time cover artvsSkate 3 cover art

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsSkate 3

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skate 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeSkate 3

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Execution8 vs 9

Skate 3 leans harder on execution: Analog stick flicks for trick inputs demand fine motor precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Skate 3 leans harder on variance: Physics jank can produce unexpected results on complex terrain

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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Skate 3