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Metal Slug 4 cover artvsRedout cover art

Metal Slug 4vsRedout

Metal Slug 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Redout leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Redout leans harder on execution: Pitch and strafe control at extreme speed is a pure hands test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Metal Slug 4 leans harder on optimization: memorized patterns and routes 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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