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Criminal Case cover artvsJust Cause 2 cover art

Criminal CasevsJust Cause 2

Criminal Case leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Just Cause 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Criminal CaseJust Cause 2

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Criminal Case leans harder on variance: Object placements are unknown per scene until memorised

Optimization3 vs 4

Just Cause 2 leans harder on optimization: Chaos-point economy and settlement completion routing

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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