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Double Dragon NeonvsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Double Dragon Neon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans harder on reads: Foot Soldiers run fixed scripts.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans harder on optimization: Wave layouts and boss patterns are fully memorisable.

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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