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Splinter Cell: Blacklist cover artvsStar Wars: Republic Commando cover art

Splinter Cell: BlacklistvsStar Wars: Republic Commando

Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: Republic Commando leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Splinter Cell: BlacklistStar Wars: Republic Commando

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans harder on execution: Mark-and-execute and fast takedowns raise the physical ceiling

Reads1 vs 0

Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans harder on reads: Enemies react on scripted alert logic, not player-specific profiling

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Splinter Cell: Blacklist

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Star Wars: Republic Commando