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I Am Bread cover artvsMario Bros. cover art

I Am BreadvsMario Bros.

I Am Bread leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
I Am BreadMario Bros.

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

I Am Bread leans harder on execution: Wrestling deliberately awkward physics controls

Reads0 vs 1

Mario Bros. leans harder on reads: Versus mode adds light human interference, enemies are scripted

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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I Am Bread

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Mario Bros.