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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes cover artvsSupraland: Six Inches Under cover art

Metroid Prime 2: EchoesvsSupraland: Six Inches Under

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Supraland: Six Inches Under leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metroid Prime 2: EchoesSupraland: Six Inches Under

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 1

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans harder on variance: dark-world hazards surprise until learned

Optimization6 vs 7

Supraland: Six Inches Under leans harder on optimization: Chaining ability tools into puzzle solutions is the core test

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 Prime 2: Echoes

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Supraland: Six Inches Under