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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games cover artvsOri and the Blind Forest cover art

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic GamesvsOri and the Blind Forest

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Ori and the Blind Forest leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic GamesOri and the Blind Forest

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans harder on reads: Human rivals race in parallel; little interaction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Ori and the Blind Forest leans harder on optimization: Ability routing and shard builds matter

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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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

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Ori and the Blind Forest