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Resistance: Burning Skies cover artvsSpec Ops: The Line cover art

Resistance: Burning SkiesvsSpec Ops: The Line

Resistance: Burning Skies leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spec Ops: The Line leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Resistance: Burning SkiesSpec Ops: The Line

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Resistance: Burning Skies leans harder on execution: Touch-augmented aim and movement carry the campaign

Reads2 vs 1

Resistance: Burning Skies leans harder on reads: Campaign Chimera are scripted; thin multiplayer adds light prediction

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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Resistance: Burning Skies

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Spec Ops: The Line