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Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Section 8: Prejudice leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Quake 4Section 8: Prejudice

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Quake 4 leans harder on execution: Aimbot plus strafe-jump inputs dominate both campaign and multiplayer

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Section 8: Prejudice leans harder on optimization: objective routing and vehicle/loadout choices

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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