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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyvsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans harder on optimization: Chokepoint memorisation and radar manipulation are learnable and repeatable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.