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EarthfallvsFar Cry 2

Earthfall leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
EarthfallFar Cry 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Earthfall leans harder on reads: Alien spawns are directed randomness, not adaptive minds

Variance4 vs 3

Earthfall leans harder on variance: Spawn timing and special placement vary each run

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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