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Super Mario Odyssey cover artvsTrials HD cover art

Super Mario OdysseyvsTrials HD

Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials HD leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Super Mario OdysseyTrials HD

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Trials HD leans harder on execution: Throttle balance and weight shifts demand frame-tight physical control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Super Mario Odyssey leans harder on variance: Almost no randomness in level design.

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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Super Mario Odyssey

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