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EndurovsHudson's Adventure Island

Enduro leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hudson's Adventure Island leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Hudson's Adventure Island leans harder on execution: tight platform jumps, brutal timing windows

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Hudson's Adventure Island leans harder on optimization: level route and skateboard memorization

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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