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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest cover artvsESWAT: City Under Siege cover art

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestvsESWAT: City Under Siege

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); ESWAT: City Under Siege leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestESWAT: City Under Siege

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

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.

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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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

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ESWAT: City Under Siege