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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart cover artvsWario Land: Super Mario Land 3 cover art

Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartvsWario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartWario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 leans harder on execution: Platforming jumps and shoulder-charge timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

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Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3