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Star Wars Episode I: Racer cover artvsTetris DX cover art

Star Wars Episode I: RacervsTetris DX

Star Wars Episode I: Racer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tetris DX leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Star Wars Episode I: RacerTetris DX

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.

Variance1 vs 2

Tetris DX leans harder on variance: Random pieces are bounded and rapidly mappable

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Star Wars Episode I: Racer

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