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Call of Duty 3vsDino D-Day

Call of Duty 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Dino D-Day leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Call of Duty 3Dino D-Day

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Dino D-Day leans harder on execution: Source-engine gunplay and dino melee reward aim and movement

Reads3 vs 4

Dino D-Day leans harder on reads: Human teams fake and flank in class-based skirmishes

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Call of Duty 3 leans harder on optimization: Map knowledge and weapon choice reward light study

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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