head to head
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesvsStar Wars: Republic Commando
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars: Republic Commando leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesStar Wars: Republic Commando
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes leans harder on reads: Psycho Mantis only pretends to read you; all scripted.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes leans harder on optimization: Patrol routes and boss patterns converge to a solved run.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

