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Halo: ReachvsWorms Forts: Under Siege

Halo: Reach leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Worms Forts: Under Siege leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Halo: Reach leans harder on execution: DMR precision and armour-ability timing

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Worms Forts: Under Siege leans harder on variance: Wind, crates and terrain damage randomize turns

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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Halo: Reach

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Worms Forts: Under Siege