head to head

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp cover artvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island cover art

Dragon's Lair II: Time WarpvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dragon's Lair II: Time WarpSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island