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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex cover artvsRed Dead Redemption 2 cover art

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexvsRed Dead Redemption 2

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexRed Dead Redemption 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex leans harder on execution: Third-person gunplay and platforming carry the missions

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 leans harder on variance: Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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Red Dead Redemption 2