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Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines cover artvsFar Cry 3 cover art

Assassin's Creed: BloodlinesvsFar Cry 3

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed: BloodlinesFar Cry 3

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Execution4 vs 5

Far Cry 3 leans harder on execution: Shooting and stealth fundamentals matter.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines leans harder on optimization: Route knowledge and counter timing are quickly solved

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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