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Kalimba cover artvsSonic Heroes cover art

KalimbavsSonic Heroes

Kalimba leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Heroes leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
KalimbaSonic Heroes

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Sonic Heroes leans harder on variance: Fixed level layouts

Optimization6 vs 5

Kalimba leans harder on optimization: Working out each dual-totem route is half the challenge

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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