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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault cover artvsSoul Edge cover art

Medal of Honor: Allied AssaultvsSoul Edge

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Soul Edge leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Medal of Honor: Allied AssaultSoul Edge

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Soul Edge leans harder on execution: precise inputs, spacing, and combo timing

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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