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Full Throttle leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Full ThrottleMario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Full Throttle leans harder on variance: Minimal randomness; world state is tightly authored

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars