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Deemo cover artvsRock Band 2 cover art

DeemovsRock Band 2

Deemo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rock Band 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
DeemoRock Band 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Rock Band 2 leans harder on execution: Guitar, drum, and vocal accuracy on expert charts

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Rock Band 2 leans harder on optimization: Overdrive activation paths decide leaderboard scores

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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