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Far Cry 2vsPokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Far Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 2Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire leans harder on variance: Random Pokémon spawns and ball physics vary runs
Optimization5 vs 6
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire leans harder on optimization: Catch-em-all routing and table mode knowledge dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.