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Far Cry 3 cover artvsUnreal II: The Awakening cover art

Far Cry 3vsUnreal II: The Awakening

Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Unreal II: The Awakening leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Far Cry 3Unreal II: The Awakening

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Far Cry 3 leans harder on reads: Pirate AI uses fixed alert patterns.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Unreal II: The Awakening leans harder on optimization: Weapon selection per encounter is straightforward

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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