head to head

Metro 2033 cover artvsThe friends of Ringo Ishikawa cover art

Metro 2033vsThe friends of Ringo Ishikawa

Metro 2033 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The friends of Ringo Ishikawa leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Metro 2033The friends of Ringo Ishikawa

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Metro 2033 leans harder on execution: scarce-ammo gunfights punish sloppy aim

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Metro 2033 leans harder on variance: hidden moral points and supplies first run

Optimization5 vs 5

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.

full breakdown

Metro 2033

full breakdown

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa