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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80svsThumper
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Thumper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80sThumper
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Thumper leans harder on variance: Tracks are fixed and learnable
Optimization3 vs 4
Thumper leans harder on optimization: Memorizing patterns and scoring lines helps mastery
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.