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Star Wars: X-Wing cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

Star Wars: X-WingvsSuper Metroid

Star Wars: X-Wing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Star Wars: X-WingSuper Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Star Wars: X-Wing leans harder on variance: Mission spawns scripted; surprises vanish on replay

Optimization7 vs 7

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: X-Wing

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Super Metroid