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Def Jam: Icon cover artvsKillzone 2 cover art

Def Jam: IconvsKillzone 2

Def Jam: Icon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killzone 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Killzone 2 leans harder on execution: Weighty gunplay punishes imprecise aim hard

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Killzone 2 leans harder on variance: Modest spawn and objective rotation noise

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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