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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain cover artvsNFL 2010 cover art

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainvsNFL 2010

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); NFL 2010 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainNFL 2010

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

NFL 2010 leans harder on execution: passing accuracy and player control

Reads2 vs 3

NFL 2010 leans harder on reads: play-calling mind games vs opponent

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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