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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine cover artvsKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories cover art

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean MachinevsKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean MachineKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans harder on execution: Placement speed under garbage pressure decides late stages

Reads2 vs 1

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans harder on reads: Versus humans, anticipating chain timing adds an edge

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories