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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault cover artvsSerious Sam: Next Encounter cover art

Medal of Honor: Allied AssaultvsSerious Sam: Next Encounter

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam: Next Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Medal of Honor: Allied AssaultSerious Sam: Next Encounter

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 2

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault leans harder on reads: historic multiplayer scene rewarded outguessing humans

Variance2 vs 1

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault leans harder on variance: scripted ambushes surprise only once

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

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Serious Sam: Next Encounter