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Half-Life cover artvsSerious Sam: The Second Encounter cover art

Half-LifevsSerious Sam: The Second Encounter

Half-Life leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Half-LifeSerious Sam: The Second Encounter

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans harder on execution: Circle-strafing huge horde waves tests stamina and aim

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Serious Sam: The Second Encounter