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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain cover artvsStar Wars: The Old Republic cover art

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainvsStar Wars: The Old Republic

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: The Old Republic leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainStar Wars: The Old Republic

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Star Wars: The Old Republic leans harder on reads: PvP warzones feature real adaptive opponents

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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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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Star Wars: The Old Republic