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Drainus cover artvsFar Cry 4 cover art

DrainusvsFar Cry 4

Drainus leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DrainusFar Cry 4

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Drainus leans harder on execution: Absorbing and redirecting enemy bullets demands precise positioning

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Drainus leans harder on variance: Enemy bullet density and mixed attack types create per-stage variance

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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