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Allods Online cover artvsDeath Stranding cover art

Allods OnlinevsDeath Stranding

Allods Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Death Stranding leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Allods OnlineDeath Stranding

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Death Stranding leans harder on execution: Balance and traversal inputs, modest demands.

Reads3 vs 1

Allods Online leans harder on reads: Open PvP and ship battles add some human prediction

Variance2 vs 3

Death Stranding leans harder on variance: Terrain, weather, BT spawns randomized.

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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