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Doritos Crash Course 2 cover artvsStrider (2014) cover art

Doritos Crash Course 2vsStrider (2014)

Doritos Crash Course 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Strider (2014) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Doritos Crash Course 2Strider (2014)

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Execution8 vs 7

Doritos Crash Course 2 leans harder on execution: Precise obstacle-course platforming for best times

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Strider (2014) leans harder on optimization: Upgrade routing and boss pattern learning

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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