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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans harder on variance: Item and enemy placements are unknown first run, then mapped

Optimization6 vs 7

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans harder on optimization: Ammo economy, routing and key-item planning dominate 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 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil