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Mega ManvsP.N.03

Mega Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); P.N.03 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Mega ManP.N.03

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

P.N.03 leans harder on reads: Robotic enemies follow fixed patterns

Variance1 vs 2

P.N.03 leans harder on variance: Little randomness in encounters

Optimization6 vs 6

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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