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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent cover artvsGrand Theft Auto IV cover art

GoldenEye: Rogue AgentvsGrand Theft Auto IV

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Grand Theft Auto IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
GoldenEye: Rogue AgentGrand Theft Auto IV

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent leans harder on execution: Dual-wield gunplay and aim carry the campaign

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Grand Theft Auto IV leans harder on variance: Minor mission variance.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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