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F.E.A.R. 3 cover artvsFracture cover art

F.E.A.R. 3vsFracture

F.E.A.R. 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Fracture leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
F.E.A.R. 3Fracture

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Fracture leans harder on reads: Multiplayer terrain mind-games reward some prediction

Variance2 vs 1

F.E.A.R. 3 leans harder on variance: Encounter layouts are scripted-but-unknown first time

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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F.E.A.R. 3

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Fracture