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Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck cover artvsSuper Mario Galaxy cover art

Chuck Rock II: Son of ChuckvsSuper Mario Galaxy

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Chuck Rock II: Son of ChuckSuper Mario Galaxy

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Super Mario Galaxy leans harder on execution: Gravity-bending jumps need timing, though forgiving by Mario standards

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck leans harder on variance: Some randomness in enemy placement.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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