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

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Perfect DarkTom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

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

Reads3 vs 4

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter leans harder on reads: Multiplayer squads outflank and adapt to your habits

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter leans harder on optimization: Drone recon, squad orders and approach planning decide missions

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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