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Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes cover artvsMount & Blade II: Bannerlord cover art

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesvsMount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesMount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans harder on reads: Multiplayer duels add some human prediction

Variance2 vs 3

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans harder on variance: Procedural campaign politics and battles

Optimization8 vs 8

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: The Twin Snakes

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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord