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Hidden & Dangerous 2vsMicrosoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Hidden & Dangerous 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hidden & Dangerous 2Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Hidden & Dangerous 2 leans harder on reads: German AI follows patrol scripts, not adapting to you
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Hidden & Dangerous 2 leans harder on optimization: Squad planning, loadouts and approach routing decide missions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.