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Screamer cover artvsSuper Mario Run cover art

ScreamervsSuper Mario Run

Screamer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
ScreamerSuper Mario Run

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Screamer leans harder on execution: Arcade cornering at speed is the whole test

Reads1 vs 0

Screamer leans harder on reads: AI racers follow fixed lines

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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 Run