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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker leans harder on optimization: Mother Base management and weapon development are pure systems.

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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Splinter Cell: Blacklist