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God of War (2005)vsTetrisphere

God of War (2005) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tetrisphere leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
God of War (2005)Tetrisphere

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.

Variance1 vs 2

Tetrisphere leans harder on variance: Piece queue randomness is bounded and mappable

Optimization6 vs 7

Tetrisphere leans harder on optimization: Planning chain clears through layered geometry is the real test

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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