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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover artvsToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron cover art

Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

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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

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron leans harder on variance: Earthling hiding spots are unknown until searched

Optimization6 vs 5

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans harder on optimization: Route reading and dagger resource management solve each room

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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ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron