head to head
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Army of TwovsMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Army of Two leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Army of TwoMetal 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 leans harder on reads: Aggro system is mappable, not adaptive
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 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.