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Star Wars Episode I: Racer cover artvsSuper Tetris 3 cover art

Star Wars Episode I: RacervsSuper Tetris 3

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

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Star Wars Episode I: RacerSuper Tetris 3

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Super Tetris 3 leans harder on variance: Piece sequence is random but bounded and mappable

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 Tetris 3