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Shadow of the ColossusvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Shadow of the Colossus leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Shadow of the ColossusSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Shadow of the Colossus leans harder on reads: Colossi follow fixed behavior patterns.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Shadow of the Colossus leans harder on optimization: Each colossus is a solvable climbing puzzle.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.