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Guns of Icarus OnlinevsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Guns of Icarus Online leans Reads (Mind & Math); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Guns of Icarus OnlineTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 7
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas leans harder on execution: Aim and snap-to-cover gunplay punish slow hands
Reads6 vs 5
Guns of Icarus Online leans harder on reads: Human captains feint, reposition and counter your ship tactics
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Guns of Icarus Online leans harder on optimization: Loadouts, role coordination and positioning are deeply plannable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.