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EarthBound cover artvsResident Evil Code: Veronica cover art

EarthBoundvsResident Evil Code: Veronica

EarthBound leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil Code: Veronica leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
EarthBoundResident Evil Code: Veronica

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Resident Evil Code: Veronica leans harder on execution: Classic tank-control combat, forgiving but real

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Resident Evil Code: Veronica