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Half-Life: Source cover artvsNew Super Mario Bros. cover art

Half-Life: SourcevsNew Super Mario Bros.

Half-Life: Source leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Half-Life: SourceNew Super Mario Bros.

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Half-Life: Source

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New Super Mario Bros.