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Double Dragon II: The Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tyrian leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Tyrian leans harder on optimization: Credit economy and loadout purchases meaningfully shape difficulty

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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