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Black the Fall cover artvsMetroid cover art

Black the FallvsMetroid

Black the Fall leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metroid leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Black the FallMetroid

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Metroid leans harder on execution: stiff NES jumps and tough enemy contact

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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