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Age of Conan: Unchained cover artvsPyre cover art

Age of Conan: UnchainedvsPyre

Age of Conan: Unchained leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pyre leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Age of Conan: Unchained leans harder on variance: loot and combat randomness

Optimization7 vs 6

Age of Conan: Unchained leans harder on optimization: class builds and PvE raid strategy

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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