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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

Armored Core VI: Fires of RubiconvsSuper Metroid

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Armored Core VI: Fires of RubiconSuper Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon leans harder on reads: Campaign bosses are scripted; PvP is niche

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

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Super Metroid