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R-Type III: The Third Lightning cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

R-Type III: The Third LightningvsSuper Metroid

R-Type III: The Third Lightning leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
R-Type III: The Third LightningSuper Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

R-Type III: The Third Lightning leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise dodging through dense bullet and terrain gauntlets

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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