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Dead SpacevsFar Cry 4

Dead Space leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dead SpaceFar Cry 4

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Dead Space leans harder on variance: Ambush placements are scripted-but-unknown on a first run

Optimization6 vs 6

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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