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Guitar Hero: World TourvsUm Jammer Lammy

Guitar Hero: World Tour leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Um Jammer Lammy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Guitar Hero: World TourUm Jammer Lammy

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Um Jammer Lammy leans harder on variance: Fixed songs, ad-lib scoring slightly opaque

Optimization4 vs 3

Guitar Hero: World Tour leans harder on optimization: Star power activation paths drive top scores

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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