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Dirty Bomb cover artvsHalo 3 cover art

Dirty BombvsHalo 3

Dirty Bomb leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Halo 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Dirty BombHalo 3

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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