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Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX cover artvsPaRappa the Rapper cover art

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DXvsPaRappa the Rapper

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); PaRappa the Rapper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DXPaRappa the Rapper

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

PaRappa the Rapper leans harder on variance: Songs are fixed sequences

Optimization2 vs 3

PaRappa the Rapper leans harder on optimization: Freestyle scoring quirks for Cool rank

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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Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX

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PaRappa the Rapper