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A Plague Tale: Requiem cover artvsAssassin's Creed Origins cover art

A Plague Tale: RequiemvsAssassin's Creed Origins

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

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
A Plague Tale: RequiemAssassin's Creed Origins

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Assassin's Creed Origins leans harder on reads: Guard AI scripted, predictable.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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A Plague Tale: Requiem

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Assassin's Creed Origins