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Hyrule WarriorsvsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials

Hyrule Warriors leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hyrule WarriorsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans harder on variance: Patrol layouts are unknown first attempt only

Optimization6 vs 7

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans harder on optimization: Route planning past scripted guards is the real game

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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