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Donkey Kong Junior cover artvsTouchgrind Skate 2 cover art

Donkey Kong JuniorvsTouchgrind Skate 2

Donkey Kong Junior leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Touchgrind Skate 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Donkey Kong JuniorTouchgrind Skate 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

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.

Optimization2 vs 3

Touchgrind Skate 2 leans harder on optimization: trick-combo route planning

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 Junior

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Touchgrind Skate 2