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Metro: Last Light cover artvsResident Evil 3 cover art

Metro: Last LightvsResident Evil 3

Metro: Last Light leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Metro: Last LightResident Evil 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Metro: Last Light leans harder on variance: hidden morality system opaque first time

Optimization5 vs 4

Metro: Last Light leans harder on optimization: stealth routes and resource management

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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