head to head

My Friend Pedro cover artvsSuper Mario 64 cover art

My Friend PedrovsSuper Mario 64

My Friend Pedro leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
My Friend PedroSuper Mario 64

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

My Friend Pedro leans harder on optimization: Score-chasing optimal routes and trick chains

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

My Friend Pedro

full breakdown

Super Mario 64