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Project Wingman cover artvsSuper Mario 64 cover art

Project WingmanvsSuper Mario 64

Project Wingman leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Project WingmanSuper Mario 64

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Project Wingman leans harder on variance: Fixed missions; conquest mode adds light randomness.

Optimization6 vs 5

Project Wingman leans harder on optimization: Loadout choice and learned mission flow decide harder difficulties.

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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