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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 cover artvsPerfect Dark cover art

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946vsPerfect Dark

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946Perfect Dark

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 3

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 leans harder on reads: Multiplayer dogfights reward predicting human pilots

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 leans harder on optimization: Energy management and aircraft knowledge are deeply solvable

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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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

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Perfect Dark