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Amnesia: Rebirth cover artvsDragon Age: Inquisition cover art

Amnesia: RebirthvsDragon Age: Inquisition

Amnesia: Rebirth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Amnesia: RebirthDragon Age: Inquisition

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans harder on execution: Action-leaning combat, dodge timing matters

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Amnesia: Rebirth leans harder on variance: Some encounter timing has variance; story rooms are fixed

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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Amnesia: Rebirth

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Dragon Age: Inquisition