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Crash BandicootvsTrials 2: Second Edition

Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials 2: Second Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Crash BandicootTrials 2: Second Edition

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Trials 2: Second Edition leans harder on execution: Perfect throttle-and-lean inputs would trivialise every physics obstacle

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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