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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition cover artvsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified cover art

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD EditionvsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD EditionThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition leans harder on execution: stealth movement and precise shooting/CQC

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans harder on variance: cover-based hit chances are randomized

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 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified