head to head
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Far Cry 3vsMario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 3Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games leans harder on reads: Local multiplayer adds mild outguessing in head-to-head events
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Far Cry 3 leans harder on optimization: Skill trees and weapon mods quickly mastered.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.