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Orcs Must Die!vsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials
Orcs Must Die! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Orcs Must Die!Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials leans harder on execution: Stealth movement on PSP sticks needs careful handling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Orcs Must Die! leans harder on optimization: Trap placement and kill-corridor economics are the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.