head to head
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000vsNieR
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); NieR leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000NieR
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 leans harder on optimization: Procedures, navigation and instrument flying are learnable rule systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.