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Donkey KongvsPrince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

Donkey Kong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Donkey Kong leans harder on execution: Frame-tight jumps over barrels under arcade pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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