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Lumines cover artvsQuake II cover art

LuminesvsQuake II

Lumines leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
LuminesQuake II

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Quake II leans harder on optimization: Ammo and health economy tightly constrains routing through every level

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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