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Killzone Shadow Fall cover artvsResistance 2 cover art

Killzone Shadow FallvsResistance 2

Killzone Shadow Fall leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Resistance 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Killzone Shadow FallResistance 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 1

Killzone Shadow Fall leans harder on variance: Some open level routes and spawn noise

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Killzone Shadow Fall

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