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

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

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

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

Variance1 vs 2

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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