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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain cover artvsToy Soldiers: War Chest cover art

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainvsToy Soldiers: War Chest

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Toy Soldiers: War Chest leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainToy Soldiers: War Chest

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Toy Soldiers: War Chest leans harder on execution: Manning turrets adds aim and reaction demands

Reads2 vs 3

Toy Soldiers: War Chest leans harder on reads: Enemy waves scripted; multiplayer adds some prediction

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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Toy Soldiers: War Chest