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The Elder Scrolls Online cover artvsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six cover art

The Elder Scrolls OnlinevsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six

The Elder Scrolls Online leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Elder Scrolls OnlineTom Clancy's Rainbow Six

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six leans harder on execution: One bullet kills, so entries demand clean aim

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six leans harder on variance: Terrorist placements are unknown until doors open

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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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six