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Diddy Kong Racing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now leans harder on variance: Enemy spawns and item drops add run-to-run chaos

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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