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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence cover artvsSWAT 4 cover art

Metal Gear Solid 3: SubsistencevsSWAT 4

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SWAT 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metal Gear Solid 3: SubsistenceSWAT 4

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

SWAT 4 leans harder on variance: suspect placement and behavior randomized

Optimization7 vs 6

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence leans harder on optimization: Camo, food and route systems reward deep mastery

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: Subsistence

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SWAT 4