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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the LancevsDishonored

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dishonored leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the LanceDishonored

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Dishonored leans harder on reads: Guard AI scripted, non-adaptive.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Dishonored leans harder on optimization: Power combos and stealth routes solvable.

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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