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Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel cover artvsGrand Theft Auto IV cover art

Army of Two: The Devil's CartelvsGrand Theft Auto IV

Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Army of Two: The Devil's CartelGrand Theft Auto IV

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Grand Theft Auto IV leans harder on reads: Scripted AI, no adaptive opponent modeling.

Variance1 vs 2

Grand Theft Auto IV leans harder on variance: Minor mission variance.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Grand Theft Auto IV