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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime cover artvsOperation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis cover art

Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimevsOperation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimeOperation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis leans harder on reads: Mostly scripted campaign, some multiplayer mind games

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis leans harder on optimization: Approach planning and squad orders reward doctrine

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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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

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Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis