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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent cover artvsWolfenstein: The New Order cover art

GoldenEye: Rogue AgentvsWolfenstein: The New Order

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein: The New Order leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
GoldenEye: Rogue AgentWolfenstein: The New Order

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Wolfenstein: The New Order leans harder on optimization: Perks and weapon upgrades light.

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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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

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