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Super Mario Odyssey cover artvsTrauma Center: Under the Knife cover art

Super Mario OdysseyvsTrauma Center: Under the Knife

Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trauma Center: Under the Knife leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Super Mario OdysseyTrauma Center: Under the Knife

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Trauma Center: Under the Knife leans harder on execution: Precise stylus surgery under strict timers is everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Trauma Center: Under the Knife leans harder on variance: First encounters hide pathogen behavior briefly

Optimization5 vs 5

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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