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State of DecayvsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
State of Decay leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
State of DecayTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 6
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction leans harder on execution: Precise shooting and stealth movement keep squads alive
Reads0 vs 1
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction leans harder on reads: Alien archaeans run on scripted-random behaviour, not minds
Variance4 vs 5
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction leans harder on variance: Mutating zones and randomised objectives hide each incursion's shape
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.