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Dune II cover artvsPikmin 2 cover art

Dune IIvsPikmin 2

Dune II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pikmin 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dune IIPikmin 2

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Pikmin 2 leans harder on execution: Crowd control and throws, moderately demanding

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Pikmin 2 leans harder on variance: Randomized cave layouts and hazards each descent

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Dune II

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Pikmin 2