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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero cover artvsTomb Raider (2013) cover art

Shantae: Half-Genie HerovsTomb Raider (2013)

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Shantae: Half-Genie HeroTomb Raider (2013)

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero leans harder on execution: Polished platforming and boss dodging

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero leans harder on optimization: Transformation toolkit and item-hunt backtracking

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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Tomb Raider (2013)