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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart cover artvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island cover art

Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans harder on execution: Egg-aiming and flutter jumps for 100 percent scores

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans harder on variance: Unknown encounters on first run.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island