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LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves cover artvsSonic the Hedgehog (2006) cover art

LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy's Prehistoric MovesvsSonic the Hedgehog (2006)

LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy's Prehistoric MovesSonic the Hedgehog (2006)

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Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves leans harder on reads: Levels are scripted; co-op players aren't modelled

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) leans harder on optimization: Learning which routes the jank permits

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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