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Jak IIvsSuper Mario Bros. Crossover

Jak II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Bros. Crossover leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Jak IISuper Mario Bros. Crossover

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Super Mario Bros. Crossover leans harder on execution: Classic Mario precision jumping with varied character physics

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Jak II leans harder on variance: Fixed open city and missions

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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