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Nex Machina cover artvsSuper Contra cover art

Nex MachinavsSuper Contra

Nex Machina leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Nex MachinaSuper Contra

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Nex Machina leans harder on variance: Enemy arrangement has minor randomisation between waves

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Nex Machina

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Super Contra