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Army Men: Sarge's War cover artvsHalf-Life 2 cover art

Army Men: Sarge's WarvsHalf-Life 2

Army Men: Sarge's War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Army Men: Sarge's WarHalf-Life 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Army Men: Sarge's War leans harder on variance: Minor randomness in firefights

Optimization4 vs 3

Army Men: Sarge's War leans harder on optimization: Weapon and cover usage reward learning

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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