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Orion: Prelude cover artvsWii Sports cover art

Orion: PreludevsWii Sports

Orion: Prelude leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wii Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Orion: PreludeWii Sports

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Orion: Prelude leans harder on variance: Wave composition and spawns add run-to-run noise

Optimization4 vs 3

Orion: Prelude leans harder on optimization: Class builds, upgrades and hold positions are solvable

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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