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Half-Life 2vsMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Half-Life 2Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans harder on execution: Motion timing and mashing rhythm decide event results
Reads1 vs 2
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans harder on reads: Human rivals race in parallel; little interaction
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.