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Half-Life Deathmatch: Source cover artvsKillzone 2 cover art

Half-Life Deathmatch: SourcevsKillzone 2

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killzone 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Half-Life Deathmatch: SourceKillzone 2

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Killzone 2 leans harder on variance: Modest spawn and objective rotation noise

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Half-Life Deathmatch: Source

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