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Far Cry 4 cover artvsFatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly cover art

Far Cry 4vsFatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Far Cry 4Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans harder on reads: Ghosts follow scripted approach patterns, not player-adaptive AI

Variance2 vs 3

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans harder on variance: Ghost randomness in free-roam sections adds unknown-timing variance

Optimization6 vs 6

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 4

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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly