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No Man's Sky cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask cover art

No Man's SkyvsThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

No Man's Sky leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
No Man's SkyThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask leans harder on execution: Standard Zelda combat demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

No Man's Sky leans harder on variance: Procedural planets and loot

Optimization8 vs 8

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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