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Super Mario Galaxy cover artvsUncharted 3: Drake's Deception cover art

Super Mario GalaxyvsUncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Super Mario GalaxyUncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Super Mario Galaxy leans harder on execution: Gravity-bending jumps need timing, though forgiving by Mario standards

Reads0 vs 1

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies; multiplayer adds a trace

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Super Mario Galaxy

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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception