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Skate. cover artvsTrauma Center: Under the Knife cover art

Skate.vsTrauma Center: Under the Knife

Skate. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trauma Center: Under the Knife leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Skate.Trauma Center: Under the Knife

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Trauma Center: Under the Knife leans harder on optimization: Operation order and tool sequences are memorizable

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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Skate.

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife