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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games cover artvsWolfenstein II: The New Colossus cover art

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic GamesvsWolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic GamesWolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and contraptions modest.

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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