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Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Ready or Not leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIReady or Not

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 5

Ready or Not leans harder on reads: Mostly scripted suspects, limited reads

Variance3 vs 4

Ready or Not leans harder on variance: Suspect placement and AI behavior varies

Optimization5 vs 5

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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