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Super Paper Mario leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Super Paper MarioTwinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic

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Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic leans harder on variance: World is fixed; surprises vanish on a second run

Optimization6 vs 7

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic leans harder on optimization: Figuring out where to go and which behaviour solves each puzzle

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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