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Minecraft: Xbox One Edition cover artvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cover art

Minecraft: Xbox One EditionvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Minecraft: Xbox One Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Minecraft: Xbox One EditionPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI

Variance4 vs 3

Minecraft: Xbox One Edition leans harder on variance: World generation hides resources until explored

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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Minecraft: Xbox One Edition

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door