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Star FoxvsSWIV

Star Fox leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); SWIV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

SWIV leans harder on execution: Weaving through dense bullet patterns is the whole vertical-shooter test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Star Fox leans harder on optimization: Memorising wave patterns and route choices for score

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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