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Perfect DarkvsTom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2

Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Perfect Dark leans harder on execution: N64 manual aim and tight mission play

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 leans harder on variance: Enemy placements are hidden until scouted or learned

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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