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Streets of Rage 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Streets of Rage 4 leans harder on reads: Enemies use scripted attack patterns; no adaptive opponent

Variance2 vs 1

Streets of Rage 4 leans harder on variance: Enemy arrangement is largely fixed; minimal RNG

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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time