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Max Payne 3vsQuake II RTX

Max Payne 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Quake II RTX leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Max Payne 3Quake II RTX

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Max Payne 3 leans harder on reads: campaign scripted; vestigial multiplayer adds little

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Quake II RTX leans harder on optimization: Routing, secrets and weapon order are fully solvable speedrun material

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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