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Donkey Kong 64 cover artvsPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover art

Donkey Kong 64vsPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Donkey Kong 64 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Donkey Kong 64Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Donkey Kong 64 leans harder on optimization: Routing five Kongs through collectible checklists

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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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time