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London 2012: The Official Video Game cover artvsWolfenstein: The New Order cover art

London 2012: The Official Video GamevsWolfenstein: The New Order

London 2012: The Official Video Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein: The New Order leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
London 2012: The Official Video GameWolfenstein: The New Order

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Execution7 vs 6

London 2012: The Official Video Game leans harder on execution: Timing and rhythm inputs decide every Olympic event

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Wolfenstein: The New Order leans harder on optimization: Perks and weapon upgrades light.

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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Wolfenstein: The New Order