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Metroid: Zero Mission cover artvsSonic Adventure 2: Battle cover art

Metroid: Zero MissionvsSonic Adventure 2: Battle

Metroid: Zero Mission leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Adventure 2: Battle leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metroid: Zero MissionSonic Adventure 2: Battle

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle leans harder on reads: Two-player battles exist but stay shallow and scripted

Variance2 vs 1

Metroid: Zero Mission leans harder on variance: hidden passages unknown only once

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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Metroid: Zero Mission

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Sonic Adventure 2: Battle