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Age of Conan: Unchained cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls Online cover art

Age of Conan: UnchainedvsThe Elder Scrolls Online

Age of Conan: Unchained leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Elder Scrolls Online leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Age of Conan: UnchainedThe Elder Scrolls Online

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 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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Age of Conan: Unchained

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