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PaRappa the Rapper cover artvsSydney 2000 cover art

PaRappa the RappervsSydney 2000

PaRappa the Rapper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sydney 2000 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
PaRappa the RapperSydney 2000

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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