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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades cover artvsThe Need for Speed cover art

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand GrenadesvsThe Need for Speed

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Need for Speed leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades leans harder on variance: Spawn waves have some randomness in modes

Optimization4 vs 3

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades leans harder on optimization: Choosing and managing weapons matters in survival modes

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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