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Out of This World cover artvsPokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire cover art

Out of This WorldvsPokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Out of This World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Out of This WorldPokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire leans harder on variance: Random Pokémon spawns and ball physics vary runs

Optimization7 vs 6

Out of This World leans harder on optimization: The game is solved by mapping each screen's exact sequence

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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