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Halo Infinite cover artvsQuake III Arena cover art

Halo InfinitevsQuake III Arena

Halo Infinite leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Halo InfiniteQuake III Arena

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Halo Infinite leans harder on variance: Spawn flips and weapon drops add noise.

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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Quake III Arena