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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption cover artvsRoll Away cover art

Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionvsRoll Away

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Roll Away leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionRoll Away

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption leans harder on variance: Deterministic worlds.

Optimization6 vs 7

Roll Away leans harder on optimization: Working out the gravity-shift route through each level is the game

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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