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Assassin's Creed Unity cover artvsMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga cover art

Assassin's Creed UnityvsMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Assassin's Creed Unity leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed UnityMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga leans harder on execution: Timed hits and dodge jumps every turn

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga leans harder on optimization: Bros. Attack mastery and stat builds

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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