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M.U.S.H.A. cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

M.U.S.H.A.vsSuper Metroid

M.U.S.H.A. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
M.U.S.H.A.Super Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

M.U.S.H.A. leans harder on execution: Fast vertical dodging through dense fire tests the hands.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Super Metroid leans harder on optimization: Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game

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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Super Metroid