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Army of Two: The 40th Day cover artvsMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots cover art

Army of Two: The 40th DayvsMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Army of Two: The 40th Day leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Army of Two: The 40th DayMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Army of Two: The 40th Day leans harder on reads: Enemy AI is scripted, co-op partner cooperates rather than opposes

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans harder on optimization: camo, gear, and route knowledge per act

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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Army of Two: The 40th Day

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots