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Far Cry 4vsHeretic

Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Far Cry 4Heretic

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Far Cry 4 leans harder on variance: Wildlife and patrol variation

Optimization6 vs 5

Far Cry 4 leans harder on optimization: Outpost approaches and skill trees are plannable

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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