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Halo: Combat EvolvedvsTom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Halo: Combat Evolved leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Halo: Combat Evolved leans harder on execution: Aim, grenade timing, and vehicle control

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Halo: Combat Evolved leans harder on variance: Covenant AI varies tactics slightly

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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