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EmbrvsMetroid Prime 2: Echoes

Embr leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Embr leans harder on execution: Frantic hose aiming, ladder physics and rescue carries under timers

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Embr leans harder on variance: Fire spread and hazard placement vary run to run

Optimization6 vs 6

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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