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The Beatles: Rock Band leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft leans harder on variance: minimal randomness

Optimization3 vs 4

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft leans harder on optimization: exploration routes and puzzles solvable

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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The Beatles: Rock Band

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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft