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Ace Combat 3: ElectrospherevsGrid 2

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grid 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Ace Combat 3: ElectrosphereGrid 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Grid 2 leans harder on reads: Online wheel-to-wheel adds light positional prediction

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

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Grid 2