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Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine cover artvsMax Payne 3 cover art

Cybernoid: The Fighting MachinevsMax Payne 3

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Max Payne 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Cybernoid: The Fighting MachineMax Payne 3

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Max Payne 3 leans harder on reads: campaign scripted; vestigial multiplayer adds little

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine leans harder on optimization: Memorising screens and rationing special weapons is the meta-game

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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