head to head

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy cover artvsShinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master cover art

Getting Over It with Bennett FoddyvsShinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Getting Over It with Bennett FoddyShinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy leans harder on execution: Every inch climbed is precise hammer micro-control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master leans harder on variance: minor enemy placement randomness

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

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Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master