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Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex cover artvsThe Duel: Test Drive II cover art

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of CortexvsThe Duel: Test Drive II

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Duel: Test Drive II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of CortexThe Duel: Test Drive II

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

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: The Wrath of Cortex

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The Duel: Test Drive II