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Disney's DuckTales leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Monsters vs. Aliens leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Disney's DuckTalesMonsters vs. Aliens

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Monsters vs. Aliens leans harder on reads: Enemies follow scripts, never adapting to you

Variance1 vs 2

Monsters vs. Aliens leans harder on variance: Little randomness in fixed level design

Optimization3 vs 3

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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