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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorvsRise Online

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rise Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Rise Online leans harder on reads: Open-world PvP rewards some opponent prediction

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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