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Nier: Automata cover artvsR-Type Leo cover art

Nier: AutomatavsR-Type Leo

Nier: Automata leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); R-Type Leo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Nier: AutomataR-Type Leo

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

R-Type Leo leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns precisely is the core test

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Nier: Automata

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R-Type Leo