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Half-Life 2 cover artvsKinect Sports: Season Two cover art

Half-Life 2vsKinect Sports: Season Two

Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Kinect Sports: Season Two leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Half-Life 2Kinect Sports: Season Two

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 2

Kinect Sports: Season Two leans harder on variance: Sensor reading adds unintended noise

Optimization3 vs 2

Half-Life 2 leans harder on optimization: Linear progression with no builds.

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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