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Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D cover artvsPayday 2 cover art

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3DvsPayday 2

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3DPayday 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 4

Payday 2 leans harder on variance: Random vault locations, guard patrols, and escrow rolls

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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