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Link: The Faces of Evil cover artvsSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut cover art

Link: The Faces of EvilvsSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Link: The Faces of Evil leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Link: The Faces of EvilSonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

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.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Link: The Faces of Evil

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Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut