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Aegis Defenders cover artvsFallout 4 cover art

Aegis DefendersvsFallout 4

Aegis Defenders leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Fallout 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Aegis DefendersFallout 4

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Aegis Defenders leans harder on execution: Swapping heroes mid-wave and platforming need active hands

Reads0 vs 1

Fallout 4 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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