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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit cover artvsThe Punisher (1993) cover art

Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitvsThe Punisher (1993)

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Punisher (1993) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitThe Punisher (1993)

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

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The Punisher (1993)