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Metroid II: Return of Samus cover artvsTwinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic cover art

Metroid II: Return of SamusvsTwinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic

Metroid II: Return of Samus leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metroid II: Return of SamusTwinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Metroid II: Return of Samus

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Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic