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Black Desert cover artvsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield cover art

Black DesertvsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Black Desert leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Black DesertTom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 2

Black Desert leans harder on reads: PvP siege battles reward reading opponents

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Black Desert leans harder on optimization: grinding routes and builds are solvable

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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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield