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KillzonevsSouth Park

Killzone leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); South Park leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

South Park leans harder on variance: Enemy waves vary little once episodes are learned

Optimization4 vs 3

Killzone leans harder on optimization: Character choice and route knowledge solve each level

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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