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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time cover artvsTony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 cover art

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsTony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeTony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5