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Cloudbuilt cover artvsSuper Mario Bros. cover art

CloudbuiltvsSuper Mario Bros.

Cloudbuilt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
CloudbuiltSuper Mario Bros.

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Cloudbuilt leans harder on execution: Rocket-jump momentum chains at speed are brutally demanding

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Cloudbuilt leans harder on optimization: Leaderboard times hinge on discovering faster route lines

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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