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Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! cover artvsSuper Mario Galaxy cover art

Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!vsSuper Mario Galaxy

Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!Super Mario Galaxy

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!

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Super Mario Galaxy