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Castle Crashers cover artvsSuper Sidekicks cover art

Castle CrashersvsSuper Sidekicks

Castle Crashers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Sidekicks leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Castle CrashersSuper Sidekicks

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Super Sidekicks leans harder on execution: Arcade pass-shoot timing and positioning decide every goal

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Castle Crashers leans harder on optimization: Levelling investment, magic loadout, and pet choice are optimisable

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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