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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection cover artvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2 cover art

Ghosts 'n Goblins ResurrectionvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ghosts 'n Goblins ResurrectionSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection leans harder on execution: Brutal jump and throw precision under relentless pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection leans harder on variance: Some spawn randomness keeps runs from full memorisation

Optimization6 vs 6

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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