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Streets of Rage Remake cover artvsSuper Castlevania IV cover art

Streets of Rage RemakevsSuper Castlevania IV

Streets of Rage Remake leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Castlevania IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Streets of Rage RemakeSuper Castlevania IV

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Streets of Rage Remake leans harder on reads: Enemy AI follows fixed patterns, never models you

Variance2 vs 1

Streets of Rage Remake leans harder on variance: Minor enemy placement randomness, quickly familiar

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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