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Door Kickers: Action Squad cover artvsMetroid Fusion cover art

Door Kickers: Action SquadvsMetroid Fusion

Door Kickers: Action Squad leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metroid Fusion leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Door Kickers: Action SquadMetroid Fusion

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Door Kickers: Action Squad leans harder on variance: Hostage and enemy variations add modest run-to-run noise

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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Door Kickers: Action Squad

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Metroid Fusion