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Blasphemous 2vsSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Blasphemous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Blasphemous 2Super Mario Galaxy 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Blasphemous 2 leans harder on reads: Scripted boss movesets, never adaptive

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Blasphemous 2 leans harder on optimization: Weapon choice, altarpiece builds, and routing

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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