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Call of Duty: Black Ops III cover artvsKillzone 2 cover art

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIvsKillzone 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killzone 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIKillzone 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans harder on variance: Spawns and Zombies RNG add uncertainty

Optimization5 vs 4

Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans harder on optimization: Specialist timing and Zombies setups 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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Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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Killzone 2