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Double Dragon II: The Revenge cover artvsRad Racer cover art

Double Dragon II: The RevengevsRad Racer

Double Dragon II: The Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rad Racer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Double Dragon II: The Revenge leans harder on variance: Minor enemy positioning randomness

Optimization5 vs 4

Double Dragon II: The Revenge leans harder on optimization: Learning stage layouts and abusing the hyper knee

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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