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Stargate cover artvsSuper Mario Maker cover art

StargatevsSuper Mario Maker

Stargate leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Maker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
StargateSuper Mario Maker

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Stargate leans harder on execution: Frantic multi-directional control under swarms demands perfect inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Super Mario Maker leans harder on variance: Unknown user levels are hidden information until attempted

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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