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Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark cover artvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2 cover art

Stealth Inc: A Clone in the DarkvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Stealth Inc: A Clone in the DarkSuper Mario Galaxy 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans harder on execution: Precise jumps and gravity navigation define every galaxy

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark leans harder on optimization: Optimal speedrun routes through each chamber are solvable

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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