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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty cover artvsOut of This World cover art

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyvsOut of This World

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Out of This World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyOut of This World

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans harder on reads: Guards radio for backup on scripted triggers, not adaptive tactics

Variance2 vs 3

Out of This World leans harder on variance: Deaths come from unknown scripted traps until memorised

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

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Out of This World