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Shakedown: Hawaii cover artvsThe Simpsons: Hit & Run cover art

Shakedown: HawaiivsThe Simpsons: Hit & Run

Shakedown: Hawaii leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Simpsons: Hit & Run leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Shakedown: HawaiiThe Simpsons: Hit & Run

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Shakedown: Hawaii leans harder on execution: Top-down shooting and driving need modest reflexes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Shakedown: Hawaii leans harder on optimization: The property-acquisition economy is the real progression engine

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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The Simpsons: Hit & Run