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It Takes Two cover artvsSonic R cover art

It Takes TwovsSonic R

It Takes Two leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic R leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
It Takes TwoSonic R

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Sonic R leans harder on reads: racing against human opponents somewhat

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

It Takes Two leans harder on optimization: Each chapter has an optimal movement approach once mechanics are learned

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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