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Dragon's LairvsPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Dragon's Lair leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dragon's LairPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Dragon's Lair leans harder on execution: Split-second inputs on strict timing windows
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 6
Dragon's Lair leans harder on optimization: The entire game is one memorisable input sequence
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.