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Bodycount cover artvsHalf-Life 2 cover art

BodycountvsHalf-Life 2

Bodycount leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
BodycountHalf-Life 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Bodycount leans harder on execution: Aim and cover-shredding gunplay are the entire offer

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

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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