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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi AcademyvsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi AcademyTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy leans harder on execution: Saber acrobatics and timing dominate combat

Reads2 vs 1

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy leans harder on reads: Long-lived MP dueling scene adds human mindgames

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction