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Perfect Dark cover artvsSOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs cover art

Perfect DarkvsSOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Perfect DarkSOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 5

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs leans harder on reads: Multiplayer opponents flank and fake; campaign AI is scripted

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

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SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs