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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Rogue Warrior leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution5 vs 4

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans harder on execution: flexible gunplay alongside sneaking

Reads0 vs 1

Rogue Warrior leans harder on reads: Dumb scripted AI offers nothing to predict

Variance2 vs 1

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans harder on variance: mid-battle chaos mostly cosmetic

Optimization6 vs 3

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans harder on optimization: camo, gear, and route knowledge per act

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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