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Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Truxton leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Truxton leans harder on execution: Dense bullet dodging at arcade speed is unforgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Truxton leans harder on optimization: Memorising spawns, bomb usage and safe lanes is mandatory

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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