head to head

eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX cover artvsSuper Mario Odyssey cover art

eXceed 2nd: Vampire REXvsSuper Mario Odyssey

eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
eXceed 2nd: Vampire REXSuper Mario Odyssey

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns at speed is the entire test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX leans harder on variance: Patterns are deterministic and memorisable, little true randomness

Optimization5 vs 5

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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eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX

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Super Mario Odyssey