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Slain: Back from Hell cover artvsSuper Castlevania IV cover art

Slain: Back from HellvsSuper Castlevania IV

Slain: Back from Hell leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Castlevania IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Slain: Back from HellSuper Castlevania IV

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Slain: Back from Hell

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Super Castlevania IV