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Mario & WariovsSilent Hill 2 (2001)

Mario & Wario leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Mario & WarioSilent Hill 2 (2001)

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Mario & Wario leans harder on execution: Mouse pointing to guide the character needs steadiness

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans harder on variance: Some item placements are unknown first time; fixed thereafter

Optimization6 vs 6

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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