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Assassin's Creed: BloodlinesvsAssassin's Creed Brotherhood

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans harder on reads: Hide-and-hunt multiplayer ran on human mind-games

Variance2 vs 1

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines leans harder on variance: Compact fixed maps leave few surprises

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: Bloodlines

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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood