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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Execution7 vs 8

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood leans harder on execution: Manuals and grind-switching extend frame-perfect demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans harder on variance: Secret Lost World entrances hidden until found

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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