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Hollow Knight cover artvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2 cover art

Hollow KnightvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hollow KnightSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Hollow Knight leans harder on reads: Bosses run scripted attack pools; not adaptive.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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