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Duck Hunt cover artvsNight Driver cover art

Duck HuntvsNight Driver

Duck Hunt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Night Driver leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
Duck HuntNight Driver

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Duck Hunt leans harder on variance: Flight paths vary a little

Optimization1 vs 2

Night Driver leans harder on optimization: Little to plan beyond gear choice and braking points

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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