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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine cover artvsMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain cover art

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean MachinevsMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean MachineMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans harder on variance: Random bean colours shape every match

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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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain