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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes cover artvsTerra Feminarum cover art

Metroid Prime 2: EchoesvsTerra Feminarum

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Terra Feminarum leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metroid Prime 2: EchoesTerra Feminarum

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans harder on execution: lock-on combat, harsher but still forgiving aim

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Terra Feminarum leans harder on variance: battle outcomes and events randomized

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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