head to head

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim cover artvsLucius II cover art

13 Sentinels: Aegis RimvsLucius II

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Lucius II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
13 Sentinels: Aegis RimLucius II

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Lucius II leans harder on variance: Sandbox NPC routines are unknown until observed

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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Lucius II