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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) cover artvsSuper Mario Bros. 35 cover art

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)vsSuper Mario Bros. 35

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Bros. 35 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)Super Mario Bros. 35

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Super Mario Bros. 35 leans harder on execution: Speedy precise platforming under a draining timer decides survival

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Super Mario Bros. 35 leans harder on variance: Which enemies arrive from rivals randomises your lane

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Super Mario Bros. 35