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Killzone 3 cover artvsPerfect Dark cover art

Killzone 3vsPerfect Dark

Killzone 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Killzone 3Perfect Dark

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 3

Killzone 3 leans harder on reads: Multiplayer opponents flank and bait; campaign AI is scripted

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Perfect Dark leans harder on optimization: Objective routing on harder difficulty tiers

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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