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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath cover artvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island cover art

Oddworld: Stranger's WrathvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Oddworld: Stranger's WrathSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans harder on execution: Egg-aiming and flutter jumps for 100 percent scores

Reads1 vs 0

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath leans harder on reads: Outlaws follow predictable AI

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island