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DuckTales: Remastered cover artvsPumpkin Jack cover art

DuckTales: RemasteredvsPumpkin Jack

DuckTales: Remastered leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Pumpkin Jack leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

DuckTales: Remastered leans harder on execution: precise cane-bounce platforming required

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

DuckTales: Remastered leans harder on variance: minimal randomness

Optimization3 vs 3

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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