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R-Type Delta cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

R-Type DeltavsSuper Metroid

R-Type Delta leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
R-Type DeltaSuper Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

R-Type Delta leans harder on execution: Tight dodges amid 3D-rendered stage hazards

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

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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