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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition cover artvsNeed for Speed II cover art

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced EditionvsNeed for Speed II

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Need for Speed II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced EditionNeed for Speed II

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition leans harder on variance: some randomized mission encounters

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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Need for Speed II