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Doom 3vsSaints Row: The Third

Doom 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Saints Row: The Third leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Doom 3Saints Row: The Third

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Saints Row: The Third leans harder on reads: Enemy syndicates never adapt to you

Variance3 vs 2

Doom 3 leans harder on variance: Darkness hides ambushes until memorised

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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