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Cabal Online cover artvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cover art

Cabal OnlinevsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Cabal Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Cabal OnlinePaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Cabal Online leans harder on execution: Combo-mode timing chains reward rhythm and practice.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

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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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door