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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Curse of the Dead Gods leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled leans harder on reads: Human multiplayer has light item-use anticipation

Variance4 vs 5

Curse of the Dead Gods leans harder on variance: Curse rolls and room drops swing run identity.

Optimization6 vs 6

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 Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

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Curse of the Dead Gods