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Condemned: Criminal Origins cover artvsRed Faction: Guerrilla cover art

Condemned: Criminal OriginsvsRed Faction: Guerrilla

Condemned: Criminal Origins leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Faction: Guerrilla leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Condemned: Criminal OriginsRed Faction: Guerrilla

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Condemned: Criminal Origins leans harder on variance: Unpredictable ambushes on a first playthrough

Optimization5 vs 6

Red Faction: Guerrilla leans harder on optimization: Demolition planning - where to strike a structure - is 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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Condemned: Criminal Origins

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Red Faction: Guerrilla