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Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Ship of Fools leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Mario Kart 8Ship of Fools

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Mario Kart 8 leans harder on reads: minimal, mostly reacting not predicting

Variance6 vs 5

Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized

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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