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BioShock 2 cover artvsResistance 3 cover art

BioShock 2vsResistance 3

BioShock 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resistance 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BioShock 2Resistance 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Resistance 3 leans harder on execution: Precision shooting with health pickups punishing sloppy play.

Reads1 vs 2

Resistance 3 leans harder on reads: Mostly scripted campaign; smaller multiplayer scene.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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BioShock 2

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Resistance 3