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TetrispherevsThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Tetrisphere leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
TetrisphereThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Tetrisphere leans harder on execution: Quick piece placement on the rotating sphere under time pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Tetrisphere leans harder on variance: Piece queue randomness is bounded and mappable

Optimization7 vs 7

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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