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Luna Abyss cover artvsQuake II cover art

Luna AbyssvsQuake II

Luna Abyss leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Luna AbyssQuake II

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Luna Abyss leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted, not adapting to you

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Quake II leans harder on optimization: Ammo and health economy tightly constrains routing through every 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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