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Quake 4vsTeam Fortress Classic

Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Team Fortress Classic leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Quake 4Team Fortress Classic

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 6

Team Fortress Classic leans harder on reads: Human defenders adapt chokes and offense routes constantly

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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