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Armored Core 4vsConan Exiles

Armored Core 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Conan Exiles leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Armored Core 4Conan Exiles

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 4

Armored Core 4 leans harder on execution: High-speed boosting and aim under pressure cap mission performance

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Conan Exiles leans harder on variance: Loot and purge events

Optimization8 vs 8

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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