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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorPenny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One