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Shaman King: Master of Spirits cover artvsSonic Heroes cover art

Shaman King: Master of SpiritsvsSonic Heroes

Shaman King: Master of Spirits leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Heroes leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Shaman King: Master of Spirits leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed scripts, never adapting

Variance2 vs 1

Shaman King: Master of Spirits leans harder on variance: Little randomness once levels are learned

Optimization5 vs 5

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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