head to head

Rochard cover artvsSuper Mario 3D Land cover art

RochardvsSuper Mario 3D Land

Rochard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 3D Land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
RochardSuper Mario 3D Land

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Super Mario 3D Land leans harder on execution: 3D jumps and special-world remixes need clean control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Rochard leans harder on optimization: Gravity-manipulation puzzles each have a findable solution

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

Rochard

full breakdown

Super Mario 3D Land