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Half-Life 2 cover artvsLondon 2012: The Official Video Game cover art

Half-Life 2vsLondon 2012: The Official Video Game

Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); London 2012: The Official Video Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Half-Life 2London 2012: The Official Video Game

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Execution6 vs 7

London 2012: The Official Video Game leans harder on execution: Timing and rhythm inputs decide every Olympic event

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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London 2012: The Official Video Game