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A Plague Tale: InnocencevsAssassin's Creed II

A Plague Tale: Innocence leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Assassin's Creed II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

A Plague Tale: Innocence leans harder on variance: Light patrol variation.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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