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Star Wars Episode I: Racer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Monkey Ball 3D leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Star Wars Episode I: RacerSuper Monkey Ball 3D

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Super Monkey Ball 3D leans harder on reads: Solo stages, no opponent to predict

Variance1 vs 2

Super Monkey Ball 3D leans harder on variance: Levels are fixed with little randomness

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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Star Wars Episode I: Racer

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Super Monkey Ball 3D