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Donkey Kong Junior cover artvsThe Typing of the Dead cover art

Donkey Kong JuniorvsThe Typing of the Dead

Donkey Kong Junior leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Typing of the Dead leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Donkey Kong JuniorThe Typing of the Dead

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

The Typing of the Dead leans harder on execution: Raw typing speed and accuracy wins

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Typing of the Dead leans harder on variance: Random word prompts per zombie

Optimization2 vs 2

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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