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Call of Duty: World at War cover artvsLeft 4 Dead 2 cover art

Call of Duty: World at WarvsLeft 4 Dead 2

Call of Duty: World at War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Left 4 Dead 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: World at WarLeft 4 Dead 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Call of Duty: World at War leans harder on execution: Twitch gunfights in fast multiplayer lobbies

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 5

Left 4 Dead 2 leans harder on variance: AI Director randomizes spawns and items

Optimization5 vs 6

Left 4 Dead 2 leans harder on optimization: Route knowledge and weapon picks 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: World at War

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Left 4 Dead 2