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Alone in the Dark: Inferno cover artvsAssassin's Creed Origins cover art

Alone in the Dark: InfernovsAssassin's Creed Origins

Alone in the Dark: Inferno leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Assassin's Creed Origins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Alone in the Dark: InfernoAssassin's Creed Origins

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Assassin's Creed Origins leans harder on reads: Guard AI scripted, predictable.

Variance3 vs 2

Alone in the Dark: Inferno leans harder on variance: Scripted-but-unknown enemy encounters and item placement.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Assassin's Creed Origins