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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD cover artvsSuper Mario 64 cover art

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HDvsSuper Mario 64

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HDSuper Mario 64

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD leans harder on reads: enemies run scripted attack patterns only

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