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A Plague Tale: RequiemvsRedfall

A Plague Tale: Requiem leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Redfall leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution4 vs 5

Redfall leans harder on execution: Standard FPS gunplay with forgiving co-op margins

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Redfall leans harder on variance: Loot rolls and open-world spawns add randomness

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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