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The Goonies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

The Goonies leans harder on execution: Precise jumps and kick timing against respawning enemies

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Tomb Raider leans harder on optimization: Levels are spatial puzzles with solvable routes

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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