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Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist cover artvsSuper Mario 64 cover art

Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the MistvsSuper Mario 64

Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the MistSuper Mario 64

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

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 5

Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist leans harder on optimization: Ability loadouts, upgrades and route knowledge shape the run

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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