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3 Count Bout cover artvsQuake 4 cover art

3 Count BoutvsQuake 4

3 Count Bout leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
3 Count BoutQuake 4

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Quake 4 leans harder on execution: Aimbot plus strafe-jump inputs dominate both campaign and multiplayer

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Quake 4 leans harder on variance: Spawn and item timing add mild uncertainty

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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3 Count Bout

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