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Far Cry 3 cover artvsStranglehold cover art

Far Cry 3vsStranglehold

Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Stranglehold leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Far Cry 3Stranglehold

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Stranglehold leans harder on execution: Slow-motion dive-shooting still rewards aim and style timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Far Cry 3 leans harder on variance: Wildlife and outpost spawns randomized.

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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Far Cry 3

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