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Oddworld: Abe's OddyseevsRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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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.

Variance1 vs 2

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans harder on variance: Unknown encounters on first run.

Optimization7 vs 6

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans harder on optimization: Mudokon rescue routes and puzzle solutions are solvable

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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