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Donkey Kong Bananza cover artvsThe Goonies II cover art

Donkey Kong BananzavsThe Goonies II

Donkey Kong Bananza leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Goonies II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Donkey Kong BananzaThe Goonies II

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.

Variance2 vs 3

The Goonies II leans harder on variance: The maze and hidden items are unknown until mapped

Optimization6 vs 7

The Goonies II leans harder on optimization: Cracking the nonlinear map and item routing is the real game

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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Donkey Kong Bananza

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The Goonies II