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Halo 3vsStarsiege: Tribes

Halo 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Starsiege: Tribes leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Halo 3Starsiege: Tribes

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Starsiege: Tribes leans harder on execution: Skiing momentum and midair disc shots demand elite hands

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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