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Dance Dance Revolution Extreme leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Dance Dance Revolution ExtremeGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 10

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock leans harder on execution: Through the Fire and Flames defines a hands ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme leans harder on optimization: Chart memorization and step-pattern technique

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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