head to head

eXceed Gun Bullet Children cover artvsSuper Mario Odyssey cover art

eXceed Gun Bullet ChildrenvsSuper Mario Odyssey

eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans harder on execution: Weaving through dense bullet patterns is the whole test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed and memorisable, not random

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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