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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots cover artvsTerra Nova: Strike Force Centauri cover art

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsvsTerra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsTerra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri leans harder on execution: Piloting powered armor and aiming under fire is demanding

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri leans harder on variance: Unknown enemy placements on first mission attempts

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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Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri