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Steep cover artvsTony Hawk: Ride cover art

SteepvsTony Hawk: Ride

Steep leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk: Ride leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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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 2

Tony Hawk: Ride leans harder on variance: Peripheral sensor inconsistency injects unwanted randomness

Optimization4 vs 3

Steep leans harder on optimization: Line choice and trick scoring math reward study

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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