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Aragami 2 cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover art

Aragami 2vsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Aragami 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Aragami 2The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Aragami 2 leans harder on optimization: Skill tree investment and patrol routing are the lead system

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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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild