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Crysis 2vsRed Ninja: End of Honor

Crysis 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Ninja: End of Honor leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Crysis 2Red Ninja: End of Honor

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Red Ninja: End of Honor leans harder on reads: Guards follow fixed patrols, not adapting minds

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Crysis 2 leans harder on optimization: Suit energy management and choosing stealth-versus-armor approaches

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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