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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Solomon's Key leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake EaterSolomon's Key

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater leans harder on reads: The Cobra unit fights with scripted abilities; no real-time player profiling

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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