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Aliens vs. Predator cover artvsCrysis 2: Maximum Edition cover art

Aliens vs. PredatorvsCrysis 2: Maximum Edition

Aliens vs. Predator leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Crysis 2: Maximum Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Aliens vs. PredatorCrysis 2: Maximum Edition

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Crysis 2: Maximum Edition leans harder on execution: Aim and nanosuit mobility decide firefights

Reads2 vs 3

Crysis 2: Maximum Edition leans harder on reads: Campaign AI is scripted; legacy multiplayer adds modest prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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