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Sonic Runners cover artvsSuper Mario Galaxy cover art

Sonic RunnersvsSuper Mario Galaxy

Sonic Runners leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Sonic RunnersSuper Mario Galaxy

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Sonic Runners leans harder on variance: occasional random item drops and obstacle layout

Optimization3 vs 4

Super Mario Galaxy leans harder on optimization: Star routes and comet challenges reward learned solutions

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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