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Dead Space: Ignition cover artvsFar Cry 3 cover art

Dead Space: IgnitionvsFar Cry 3

Dead Space: Ignition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Dead Space: IgnitionFar Cry 3

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Far Cry 3 leans harder on execution: Shooting and stealth fundamentals matter.

Reads0 vs 1

Far Cry 3 leans harder on reads: Pirate AI uses fixed alert patterns.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Dead Space: Ignition

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Far Cry 3