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Darwinia cover artvsMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance cover art

DarwiniavsMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance

Darwinia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans harder on execution: stealth timing and aim matter

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Darwinia leans harder on optimization: unit management puzzles have clean solutions

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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