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American Arcadia cover artvsAssassin's Creed II cover art

American ArcadiavsAssassin's Creed II

American Arcadia leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Assassin's Creed II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
American ArcadiaAssassin's Creed II

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Assassin's Creed II leans harder on execution: Counter-heavy combat stays forgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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