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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover artvsThe Goonies cover art

Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsThe Goonies

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Goonies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeThe Goonies

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

The Goonies leans harder on execution: Precise jumps and kick timing against respawning enemies

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Goonies leans harder on variance: Hidden items behind doors are unknown until found

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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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

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The Goonies