head to head

Black Mesa cover artvsI.G.I.-2: Covert Strike cover art

Black MesavsI.G.I.-2: Covert Strike

Black Mesa leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Black MesaI.G.I.-2: Covert Strike

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike leans harder on variance: Patrol states feel unknown until routes are learned

Optimization6 vs 6

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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I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike