head to head

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots cover artvsRise of the Tomb Raider cover art

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsvsRise of the Tomb Raider

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Rise of the Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsRise of the Tomb Raider

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 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Rise of the Tomb Raider