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Def Jam: Icon cover artvsMedal of Honor: Allied Assault cover art

Def Jam: IconvsMedal of Honor: Allied Assault

Def Jam: Icon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Medal of Honor: Allied Assault leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Def Jam: IconMedal of Honor: Allied Assault

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 3

Def Jam: Icon leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting environment blasts is a prediction layer

Variance1 vs 2

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault leans harder on variance: scripted ambushes surprise only once

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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Def Jam: Icon

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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault