head to head

Blades of Steel cover artvsResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City cover art

Blades of SteelvsResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Blades of Steel leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Blades of SteelResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Blades of Steel leans harder on execution: Skating, passing and shot timing decide every rush

Reads4 vs 3

Blades of Steel leans harder on reads: Versus a human, goalie duels become guessing games

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City