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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus cover artvsSuper Mario 64 cover art

Bō: Path of the Teal LotusvsSuper Mario 64

Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Bō: Path of the Teal LotusSuper Mario 64

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus leans harder on reads: Bosses follow fixed patterns, never adapting

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Super Mario 64