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The Saboteur

An open-world action game about blowing up Nazi installations across a stylized black-and-white Paris.

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Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    5/10

    Climbing, driving and shootouts need moderate dexterity

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Nazi alarm AI follows predictable suspicion rules

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Patrols vary slightly across the open city

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Plotting demolition targets and escape routes is the game

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2009
Developer
Pandemic Studios
Platforms
PS3, PC, X360
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
78/100
IGDB users
72/100
ShooterRole-playing (RPG)TacticalAdventureActionHistoricalStealthSandboxOpen worldWarfare