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Star Citizen cover artvsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six cover art

Star CitizenvsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six

Star Citizen leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Star CitizenTom Clancy's Rainbow Six

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Star Citizen leans harder on variance: Server instability and event RNG

Optimization8 vs 7

Star Citizen leans harder on optimization: Ship loadouts, cargo routes, career grind

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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