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Far Cry 4vsMechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat leans harder on reads: Scripted clan AI, no player modeling

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat leans harder on optimization: Mechlab tonnage, heat, and loadout puzzles dominate mastery

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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