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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain cover artvsWoW Classic cover art

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainvsWoW Classic

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); WoW Classic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

WoW Classic leans harder on reads: World PvP and battlegrounds involve real human prediction

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

WoW Classic leans harder on optimization: Class specs, consumable lists, and dungeon routes are deeply solvable

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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