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Excitebike 64 cover artvsSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut cover art

Excitebike 64vsSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Excitebike 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Excitebike 64Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Excitebike 64 leans harder on execution: 3D jump timing and stunt control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Excitebike 64 leans harder on optimization: Track knowledge and boost management

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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Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut