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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 cover artvsPlanetSide 2 cover art

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946vsPlanetSide 2

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

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

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

PlanetSide 2 leans harder on variance: Massive battles produce constant chaos

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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