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Double Kick Heroes cover artvsSkate 3 cover art

Double Kick HeroesvsSkate 3

Double Kick Heroes leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skate 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Double Kick HeroesSkate 3

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Double Kick Heroes leans harder on reads: Solo; enemy waves are scripted, not adaptive

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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