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Metroid Fusion cover artvsOut of This World cover art

Metroid FusionvsOut of This World

Metroid Fusion leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Out of This World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metroid FusionOut of This World

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Out of This World leans harder on variance: Deaths come from unknown scripted traps until memorised

Optimization6 vs 7

Out of This World leans harder on optimization: The game is solved by mapping each screen's exact sequence

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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Metroid Fusion

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Out of This World