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Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies cover artvsMy Friend Pedro cover art

Ace Combat 04: Shattered SkiesvsMy Friend Pedro

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); My Friend Pedro leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Ace Combat 04: Shattered SkiesMy Friend Pedro

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies leans harder on reads: Enemy aces fly scripted routines

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

My Friend Pedro leans harder on optimization: Score-chasing optimal routes and trick chains

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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Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies

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My Friend Pedro