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Far Cry 4 cover artvsTenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins cover art

Far Cry 4vsTenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins

Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Far Cry 4Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins

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 3

Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans harder on variance: Patrol paths unknown until scouted

Optimization6 vs 7

Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans harder on optimization: Mastering layouts for no-alert Grand Master runs is solvable

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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Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins