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Age of Darkness: Final Stand cover artvsResident Evil 2 cover art

Age of Darkness: Final StandvsResident Evil 2

Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Age of Darkness: Final StandResident Evil 2

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans harder on reads: Nightmare hordes pathe predictably; no adaptive adversary

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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 Darkness: Final Stand

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Resident Evil 2