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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots cover artvsZombie Army Trilogy cover art

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsvsZombie Army Trilogy

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Zombie Army Trilogy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the PatriotsZombie Army Trilogy

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Zombie Army Trilogy leans harder on execution: Long-range sniping and horde kiting demand steady aim

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 4

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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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

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Zombie Army Trilogy